1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 0b3b650c9..1cb4c3e3f 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -302,10 +302,14 @@ static int compare_keys(const void *xarg, const void *yarg)
         } /* for */
 
         /* Perform fallback sort if necessary */
-        if (!retval && !(option_mask32 & FLAG_s))
+        if (!retval && !(option_mask32 & FLAG_s)) {
                 retval = strcmp(*(char **)xarg, *(char **)yarg);
+                flags = option_mask32;
+        }
+
+        if (flags & FLAG_r)
+                return -retval;
 
-        if (flags & FLAG_r) return -retval;
         return retval;
 }