1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/xml/repr-sorting.cpp b/src/xml/repr-sorting.cpp
index 056236d33..fd485925b 100644
--- a/src/xml/repr-sorting.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/repr-sorting.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ Inkscape::XML::Node const *LCA(Inkscape::XML::Node const *a, Inkscape::XML::Node
 {
     using Inkscape::Algorithms::longest_common_suffix;
     Inkscape::XML::Node const *ancestor = longest_common_suffix<Inkscape::XML::NodeConstParentIterator>(
-        a, b, NULL, &same_repr
-    );
-    if ( ancestor && ancestor->type() != Inkscape::XML::DOCUMENT_NODE ) {
+        a, b, NULL, &same_repr);
+    bool OK = false;
+    if (ancestor) {
+        if (ancestor->type() != Inkscape::XML::DOCUMENT_NODE) {
+            OK = true;
+        }
+    }
+    if ( OK ) {
         return ancestor;
     } else {
         return NULL;