diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 0d199f88303f7fe547a497c2a6530c468dd5007f..f0f9094df4a776e6fbc513ea69509e4bd574a069 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static cJSON *sort_list(cJSON *list, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
     while ((first != NULL) && (second != NULL))
     {
         cJSON *smaller = NULL;
-        if (compare_strings((unsigned char*)first->string, (unsigned char*)second->string, false) < 0)
+        if (compare_strings((unsigned char*)first->string, (unsigned char*)second->string, case_sensitive) < 0)
         {
             smaller = first;
         }