diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/lightmaps_ydnar.c b/tools/quake3/q3map2/lightmaps_ydnar.c
index 19791c4a..462331f1 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/lightmaps_ydnar.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/lightmaps_ydnar.c
@@ -2310,12 +2310,6 @@ static int CompareRawLightmap( const void *a, const void *b ){
 	/* get min number of surfaces */
 	min = ( alm->numLightSurfaces < blm->numLightSurfaces ? alm->numLightSurfaces : blm->numLightSurfaces );
 
-	/* compare size, allocate bigger first */
-	diff = ( blm->w * blm->h ) - ( alm->w * alm->h );
-	if ( diff != 0 ) {
-		return diff;
-	}
-
 	/* iterate */
 	for ( i = 0; i < min; i++ )
 	{
@@ -2338,6 +2332,12 @@ static int CompareRawLightmap( const void *a, const void *b ){
 		return diff;
 	}
 
+	/* compare size */
+	diff = ( blm->w * blm->h ) - ( alm->w * alm->h );
+	if ( diff != 0 ) {
+		return diff;
+	}
+
 	/* must be equivalent */
 	return 0;
 }