diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd12a42d1..66209e95c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-25  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-group.c: Use a shorter Z order sorting function,
+	avoiding the checks.
+
 2008-01-25  Øyvind Kolås  <pippin@o-hand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-shader.c: added documentation strings for
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-group.c b/clutter/clutter-group.c
index 1505c2386..cee75b65b 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-group.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-group.c
@@ -389,13 +389,7 @@ sort_z_order (gconstpointer a,
   depth_a = clutter_actor_get_depth (CLUTTER_ACTOR(a));
   depth_b = clutter_actor_get_depth (CLUTTER_ACTOR(b));
 
-  if (depth_a == depth_b)
-    return 0;
-
-  if (depth_a > depth_b)
-    return 1;
-
-  return -1;
+  return (depth_b - depth_a);
 }
 
 static void