diff --git a/src/php7/php_solr_document.c b/src/php7/php_solr_document.c
index 158130ba..cec42cf0 100644
--- a/src/php7/php_solr_document.c
+++ b/src/php7/php_solr_document.c
@@ -1130,10 +1130,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(SolrDocument, sort)
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if (zend_hash_sort_ex(doc_entry->fields, zend_qsort, comparison_function, renumber TSRMLS_CC) == FAILURE) {
-
-		RETURN_FALSE;
-	}
+	zend_hash_sort_ex(doc_entry->fields, zend_qsort, comparison_function, renumber TSRMLS_CC);
 
 	RETURN_TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/src/php7/php_solr_input_document.c b/src/php7/php_solr_input_document.c
index 1722a839..76e38527 100644
--- a/src/php7/php_solr_input_document.c
+++ b/src/php7/php_solr_input_document.c
@@ -655,10 +655,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(SolrInputDocument, sort)
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if (zend_hash_sort_ex(doc_entry->fields, zend_qsort, comparison_function, renumber TSRMLS_CC) == FAILURE) {
-
-		RETURN_FALSE;
-	}
+	zend_hash_sort_ex(doc_entry->fields, zend_qsort, comparison_function, renumber TSRMLS_CC);
 
 	RETURN_TRUE;
 }