diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4532fefd..90dfc9aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ## TBD
 
 ### Bug fixes
-* Add seekable() method in S3Reader to eliminate tensor copies during DCP loading (#359)
 * Override S3Writer closed property and block writes after close (#360)
 * Fix SequentialS3Reader seek beyond EOF to clamp position to object size (#362)
 
 ### Other changes
+* Add seekable() method in S3Reader to eliminate tensor copies during DCP loading (#359)
+* Add load ordering optimization to S3StorageReader for sequential access patterns (#372)
 * Add benchmark to run DCP Loading Workloads (#357)
 * Add thread_count parameter to S3StorageWriter (#370)
 
diff --git a/s3torchconnector/src/s3torchconnector/dcp/s3_file_system.py b/s3torchconnector/src/s3torchconnector/dcp/s3_file_system.py
index f7ab995b..3759e5a5 100644
--- a/s3torchconnector/src/s3torchconnector/dcp/s3_file_system.py
+++ b/s3torchconnector/src/s3torchconnector/dcp/s3_file_system.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def _escape_path(string):
         return "/".join(parts)
 
 
-from torch.distributed.checkpoint.planner import SavePlan
+from torch.distributed.checkpoint.planner import SavePlan, LoadPlan
 import dataclasses
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
@@ -345,6 +345,20 @@ def __init__(
     def validate_checkpoint_id(cls, checkpoint_id: Union[str, os.PathLike]) -> bool:
         return S3FileSystem.validate_checkpoint_id(checkpoint_id)
 
+    def prepare_local_plan(self, plan: LoadPlan) -> LoadPlan:
+        """
+        Sort load items by storage offset for sequential access optimization.
+
+        Args:
+            plan (LoadPlan): The load plan from PyTorch DCP.
+
+        Returns:
+            LoadPlan: The same plan with items sorted by storage offset.
+        """
+        # Sort items in plan based on their offset in checkpoints shards
+        plan.items.sort(key=lambda item: self.storage_data[item.storage_index].offset)
+        return plan
+
 
 def _path_or_str_to_str(path: Union[str, os.PathLike]) -> str:
     return path if isinstance(path, str) else str(path)
diff --git a/s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp/test_e2e_s3_storage_reader.py b/s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp/test_e2e_s3_storage_reader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5e62af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp/test_e2e_s3_storage_reader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#  Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#  // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD
+
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.distributed.checkpoint as dcp
+
+from s3torchconnector import S3ReaderConstructor
+from s3torchconnector.dcp import S3StorageWriter, S3StorageReader
+from s3torchconnector.s3reader.sequential import SequentialS3Reader
+
+
+SIMPLE_MODEL = torch.nn.Sequential(
+    nn.Linear(5, 5),
+    nn.Linear(20, 20),
+    nn.Linear(10, 10),
+)
+
+
+class NeuralNetwork(nn.Module):
+    """NeuralNetwork from PyTorch quickstart tutorial."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.flatten = nn.Flatten()
+        self.linear_relu_stack = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(28 * 28, 512),
+            nn.ReLU(),
+            nn.Linear(512, 512),
+            nn.ReLU(),
+            nn.Linear(512, 10),
+        )
+
+
+LARGER_MODEL = NeuralNetwork()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("model", [SIMPLE_MODEL, LARGER_MODEL])
+def test_dcp_load_reads_tensors_in_sequential_order(checkpoint_directory, model):
+    """
+    Test that prepare_local_plan allows dcp.load() to read items in offset order.
+
+    This does not prevent backwards seek, since torch.load() would still call
+    backwards seek operations.
+
+    pytorch/torch/serialization.py load() function will call _is_zipfile(), which
+    includes this read() call: f.read(len(local_header_magic_number)). This is
+    followed by readinto() calls on the actual tensor.
+
+    Hence we can track read() call positions to determine if load ordering is
+    being applied correctly.
+    """
+    region = checkpoint_directory.region
+    s3_uri = checkpoint_directory.s3_uri
+
+    state_dict = model.state_dict()
+    storage_writer = S3StorageWriter(region=region, path=s3_uri, overwrite=True)
+    dcp.save(state_dict, storage_writer=storage_writer)
+
+    read_positions = []
+
+    original_read = SequentialS3Reader.read
+
+    def track_reads(self, size=None):
+        if not self.key.endswith(".metadata"):
+            read_positions.append(self._position)
+        return original_read(self, size)
+
+    # Load with position tracking on read() (called at the start of each torch.load())
+    with patch.object(SequentialS3Reader, "read", track_reads):
+        loaded_state_dict = {k: torch.empty_like(v) for k, v in state_dict.items()}
+        storage_reader = S3StorageReader(
+            region=region,
+            path=s3_uri,
+            reader_constructor=S3ReaderConstructor.sequential(),
+        )
+        dcp.load(loaded_state_dict, storage_reader=storage_reader)
+
+    print(f"Read positions: {read_positions}")
+
+    # Assert load ordering works (read() calls should be in sorted order)
+    assert read_positions == sorted(read_positions)
+
+    # Assert all tensors are correctly loaded
+    assert len(loaded_state_dict) == len(state_dict)
+    assert loaded_state_dict.keys() == state_dict.keys()
+    for key in state_dict:
+        assert torch.equal(loaded_state_dict[key], state_dict[key])
diff --git a/s3torchconnector/tst/unit/dcp/test_s3_storage_reader.py b/s3torchconnector/tst/unit/dcp/test_s3_storage_reader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f46dd56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s3torchconnector/tst/unit/dcp/test_s3_storage_reader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#  Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#  // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD
+
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+from hypothesis import given
+from hypothesis.strategies import composite, integers, lists
+
+from torch.distributed.checkpoint.planner import LoadPlan, ReadItem
+
+from s3torchconnector.dcp import S3StorageReader
+
+TEST_REGION = "eu-east-1"
+TEST_PATH = "s3://test-bucket/test-checkpoint/"
+
+
+@composite
+def load_plan_with_offsets(draw):
+    """Generate LoadPlan with random offsets."""
+    offsets = draw(lists(integers(0, 10_000_000), min_size=1, max_size=10_000))
+
+    storage_data = {}
+    items = []
+
+    for i, offset in enumerate(offsets):
+        storage_index = f"item{i}"
+        storage_data[storage_index] = Mock(offset=offset)
+        items.append(Mock(spec=ReadItem, storage_index=storage_index))
+
+    return LoadPlan(items), storage_data
+
+
+def test_s3storage_reader_prepare_local_plan_empty():
+    """Test prepare_local_plan handles empty plans."""
+    s3_storage_reader = S3StorageReader(TEST_REGION, TEST_PATH)
+
+    sorted_plan = s3_storage_reader.prepare_local_plan(LoadPlan([]))
+    # Output: LoadPlan(items=[], storage_data=None, planner_data=None)
+
+    assert isinstance(sorted_plan, LoadPlan)
+    assert len(sorted_plan.items) == 0
+
+
+@given(load_plan_with_offsets())
+def test_s3storage_reader_prepare_local_plan(loadplan_and_storagedata):
+    """Test prepare local plan sorts items by storage_data offset."""
+    load_plan, storage_data = loadplan_and_storagedata
+
+    s3_storage_reader = S3StorageReader(TEST_REGION, TEST_PATH)
+    s3_storage_reader.storage_data = storage_data
+
+    sorted_plan = s3_storage_reader.prepare_local_plan(load_plan)
+    sorted_offsets = [
+        storage_data[item.storage_index].offset for item in sorted_plan.items
+    ]
+
+    # Verify return type
+    assert isinstance(sorted_plan, LoadPlan)
+
+    # Verify Load Ordering sorts offsets
+    assert sorted_offsets == sorted(sorted_offsets)
+
+    # Verify Load Ordering keeps items the same
+    assert len(sorted_plan.items) == len(load_plan.items)
+    assert set(sorted_plan.items) == set(load_plan.items)
diff --git a/s3torchconnectorclient/pyproject.toml b/s3torchconnectorclient/pyproject.toml
index 80d641d2..ee912318 100644
--- a/s3torchconnectorclient/pyproject.toml
+++ b/s3torchconnectorclient/pyproject.toml
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ inherit.test-command = "append"
 test-command = [
     "python -m pip install -e '{package}/../s3torchconnector[dcp-test]'",
     "pytest {package}/../s3torchconnector/tst/unit/dcp",
-    "CI_STORAGE_CLASS='' CI_REGION=${S3_REGION} CI_BUCKET=${S3_BUCKET} CI_PREFIX=${S3_PREFIX} CI_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_URL=${S3_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_URL} pytest -s {package}/../s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp/test_e2e_s3_file_system.py",
-    "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=${S3_EXPRESS_REGION} CI_STORAGE_CLASS=EXPRESS_ONEZONE CI_REGION=${S3_EXPRESS_REGION} CI_BUCKET=${S3_EXPRESS_BUCKET} CI_PREFIX=${S3_PREFIX} CI_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_URL='' pytest -s {package}/../s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp/test_e2e_s3_file_system.py",
+    "CI_STORAGE_CLASS='' CI_REGION=${S3_REGION} CI_BUCKET=${S3_BUCKET} CI_PREFIX=${S3_PREFIX} CI_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_URL=${S3_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_URL} pytest -s {package}/../s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp",
+    "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=${S3_EXPRESS_REGION} CI_STORAGE_CLASS=EXPRESS_ONEZONE CI_REGION=${S3_EXPRESS_REGION} CI_BUCKET=${S3_EXPRESS_BUCKET} CI_PREFIX=${S3_PREFIX} CI_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_URL='' pytest -s {package}/../s3torchconnector/tst/e2e/dcp",
 ]
 
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