diff --git a/e107_handlers/search_class.php b/e107_handlers/search_class.php
index 2437a0ec0..7c3c1059a 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/search_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/search_class.php
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
  *
  *
  * $Source: /cvs_backup/e107_0.8/e107_handlers/search_class.php,v $
- * $Revision: 1.4 $
- * $Date: 2009-11-18 01:04:43 $
- * $Author: e107coders $
+ * $Revision: 1.5 $
+ * $Date: 2010-01-03 22:01:59 $
+ * $Author: e107steved $
  */
 
 if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }
@@ -259,10 +259,9 @@ class e_search {
 		} else {
 			$ps['text'] = $no_results;
 		}
-		if ($search_prefs['mysql_sort']) {
-			$sql -> db_Query("SELECT FOUND_ROWS()");
-			$frows = $sql -> db_Fetch();
-			$ps['results'] = $frows[0];
+		if ($search_prefs['mysql_sort']) 
+		{
+			$ps['results'] = $sql->total_results;		// db class reads result of SELECT FOUND_ROWS() for us
 		}
 		return $ps;
 	}