diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/fixtureRunner.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/fixtureRunner.ts
index 46456588cb..2e5e0d09c4 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/fixtureRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/fixtureRunner.ts
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ export class FixtureRunner {
 
   async resolveParametersForFunction(fn: Function, testInfo: TestInfoImpl, autoFixtures: 'worker' | 'test' | 'all-hooks-only'): Promise<object | null> {
     // Install automatic fixtures.
+    const auto: FixtureRegistration[] = [];
     for (const registration of this.pool!.registrations.values()) {
       if (registration.auto === false)
         continue;
@@ -243,11 +244,14 @@ export class FixtureRunner {
         shouldRun = registration.scope === 'worker' || registration.auto === 'all-hooks-included';
       else if (autoFixtures === 'worker')
         shouldRun = registration.scope === 'worker';
-      if (shouldRun) {
-        const fixture = await this.setupFixtureForRegistration(registration, testInfo);
-        if (fixture.failed)
-          return null;
-      }
+      if (shouldRun)
+        auto.push(registration);
+    }
+    auto.sort((r1, r2) => (r1.scope === 'worker' ? 0 : 1) - (r2.scope === 'worker' ? 0 : 1));
+    for (const registration of auto) {
+      const fixture = await this.setupFixtureForRegistration(registration, testInfo);
+      if (fixture.failed)
+        return null;
     }
 
     // Install used fixtures.
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts
index 15a8ef5c75..a130f8dfcb 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/fixtures.spec.ts
@@ -783,3 +783,36 @@ test('worker teardown errors reflected in timed-out tests', async ({ runInlineTe
   expect(result.output).toContain('Test timeout of 1000ms exceeded.');
   expect(result.output).toContain('Rejecting!');
 });
+
+test('automatic worker fixtures should start before automatic test fixtures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test as base, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+      const test = base.extend({
+          autoTest: [async ({}, use) => {
+              console.log('\\n%%TEST FIXTURE 1');
+              await use();
+              console.log('\\n%%TEST FIXTURE 2');
+          }, { scope: 'test', auto: true }],
+
+          autoWorker: [async ({}, use) => {
+              console.log('\\n%%WORKER FIXTURE 1');
+              await use();
+              console.log('\\n%%WORKER FIXTURE 2');
+          }, { scope: 'worker', auto: true }],
+      });
+
+      test('test', async () => {
+          console.log('\\n%%TEST');
+      });
+    `
+  });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    'WORKER FIXTURE 1',
+    'TEST FIXTURE 1',
+    'TEST',
+    'TEST FIXTURE 2',
+    'WORKER FIXTURE 2',
+  ]);
+});