diff --git a/lib/thread.cc b/lib/thread.cc
index e514bf82..1b6feab2 100644
--- a/lib/thread.cc
+++ b/lib/thread.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ _thread_add_message (notmuch_thread_t *thread,
 
 static void
 _thread_add_matched_message (notmuch_thread_t *thread,
-			     notmuch_message_t *message)
+			     notmuch_message_t *message,
+			     notmuch_sort_t sort)
 {
     time_t date;
     notmuch_message_t *hashed_message;
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ _notmuch_thread_create (void *ctx,
 	_thread_add_message (thread, message);
 
 	if (! matched_is_subset_of_thread)
-	    _thread_add_matched_message (thread, message);
+	    _thread_add_matched_message (thread, message, sort);
 
 	_notmuch_message_close (message);
     }
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ _notmuch_thread_create (void *ctx,
 	     notmuch_messages_move_to_next (messages))
 	{
 	    message = notmuch_messages_get (messages);
-	    _thread_add_matched_message (thread, message);
+	    _thread_add_matched_message (thread, message, sort);
 	    _notmuch_message_close (message);
 	}