diff --git a/.deadcode-out b/.deadcode-out
index 8a4cdf16af..9c7176e7b1 100644
--- a/.deadcode-out
+++ b/.deadcode-out
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ forgejo.org/models/db
 	InTransaction
 	DumpTables
 	GetTableNames
-	sortBeans
 	extendBeansForCascade
 
 forgejo.org/models/dbfs
diff --git a/models/db/engine.go b/models/db/engine.go
index 42b9150696..71197153e5 100755
--- a/models/db/engine.go
+++ b/models/db/engine.go
@@ -161,9 +161,13 @@ func (w engineGroupWrapper) AddHook(hook contexts.Hook) bool {
 
 // SyncAllTables sync the schemas of all tables
 func SyncAllTables() error {
-	_, err := x.StoreEngine("InnoDB").SyncWithOptions(xorm.SyncOptions{
+	sortedTables, err := sortBeans(tables, foreignKeySortInsert)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = x.StoreEngine("InnoDB").SyncWithOptions(xorm.SyncOptions{
 		WarnIfDatabaseColumnMissed: true,
-	}, tables...)
+	}, sortedTables...)
 	return err
 }