diff --git a/sys/src/libc/port/qsort.c b/sys/src/libc/port/qsort.c
index 91c768c77..c38a49da7 100644
--- a/sys/src/libc/port/qsort.c
+++ b/sys/src/libc/port/qsort.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ qsorts(char *a, long n, Sort *p)
 		j = (pj - a) / es;
 
 		n = n-j-1;
-		if(j >= n) {
+		if(j < n) {
 			qsorts(a, j, p);
 			a += (j+1)*es;
 		} else {