Index: contrib/mandoc/mansearch.c
===================================================================
--- contrib/mandoc/mansearch.c
+++ contrib/mandoc/mansearch.c
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@
 
 	mp1 = vp1;
 	mp2 = vp2;
-	if ((diff = mp2->bits - mp1->bits) ||
-	    (diff = mp1->sec - mp2->sec))
+	if ((diff = mp1->sec - mp2->sec) != 0)
 		return diff;
 
 	/* Fall back to alphabetic ordering of names. */