diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Pair/PairI.H b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Pair/PairI.H
index e228caf09c7144f703a63b17ff23cd269120e983..7b72921b42b016c1a3b36395ead8264507267626 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Pair/PairI.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Pair/PairI.H
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     \\  /    A nd           | www.openfoam.com
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    Copyright (C) 2017-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    Copyright (C) 2017-2020 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ inline Foam::Pair<T>::Pair(const FixedList<T, 2>& list)
 template<class T>
 inline Foam::Pair<T>::Pair(const T& f, const T& s, const bool doSort)
 {
-    if (doSort && f < s)
+    if (doSort && s < f)
     {
         first()  = s;
         second() = f;