better check array index before using it

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Eigen_Colamd.h b/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Eigen_Colamd.h
index 933cd564b..da85b4d6e 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Eigen_Colamd.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Eigen_Colamd.h
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static IndexType find_ordering /* return the number of garbage collections */
     COLAMD_ASSERT (head [min_score] >= COLAMD_EMPTY) ;
 
     /* get pivot column from head of minimum degree list */
-    while (head [min_score] == COLAMD_EMPTY && min_score < n_col)
+    while (min_score < n_col && head [min_score] == COLAMD_EMPTY)
     {
       min_score++ ;
     }