Order of playlist in itunes is different on my iphone

I have a lot of smart playlists in my itunes (12.01), but the sort order of some of these appear different on my iphone (iOS 8.1).
The other playlists are OK, with the exact order as in my itunes.
Help please! Is it an iTunes bug? I've had this problem long time ago (with previous itunes and iOS versions) and I have tried lot of different things, and nothing helps.
Thanks so much, really appreciate it.

In iTunes right click on the playlist name and click Copy to Play Order. Sync. Does the list show in the right order now?
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