--- a/src/engine_gui.cpp	Wed May 28 17:29:27 2008 +0000
+++ b/src/engine_gui.cpp	Wed May 28 20:06:00 2008 +0000
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@
  */
 void EngList_SortPartial(GUIEngineList *el, EngList_SortTypeFunction compare, uint begin, uint num_items)
 {
+	if (num_items < 2) return;
 	assert(begin < el->Length());
 	assert(begin + num_items <= el->Length());
-	if (num_items < 2) return;
 	qsort(el->Get(begin), num_items, sizeof(*el->Begin()), compare);
 }