diff --git a/src/base/system.cpp b/src/base/system.cpp
index ac345d236..40f7b00a1 100644
--- a/src/base/system.cpp
+++ b/src/base/system.cpp
@@ -2834,8 +2834,7 @@ int str_comp_filenames(const char *a, const char *b)
 			result = 0;
 			do
 			{
-				if(!result)
-					result = *a - *b;
+				result = *a - *b;
 				++a;
 				++b;
 			} while(*a >= '0' && *a <= '9' && *b >= '0' && *b <= '9');
@@ -2844,7 +2843,7 @@ int str_comp_filenames(const char *a, const char *b)
 				return 1;
 			else if(*b >= '0' && *b <= '9')
 				return -1;
-			else if(result)
+			else
 				return result;
 		}