diff --git a/src/epg.c b/src/epg.c
index 44f88494..01115233 100644
--- a/src/epg.c
+++ b/src/epg.c
@@ -2366,6 +2366,7 @@ static int _epg_sort_title_ascending ( const void *a, const void *b, void *eq )
 {
   const char *s1 = epg_broadcast_get_title(*(epg_broadcast_t**)a, ((epg_query_t *)eq)->lang);
   const char *s2 = epg_broadcast_get_title(*(epg_broadcast_t**)b, ((epg_query_t *)eq)->lang);
+  if (s1 == NULL && s2 == NULL) return 0;
   if (s1 == NULL && s2) return 1;
   if (s1 && s2 == NULL) return -1;
   return strcmp(s1, s2);