diff --git a/stepmania/src/Course.cpp b/stepmania/src/Course.cpp
index c5072b0568..e671e8c530 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Course.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Course.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,8 @@ void SortCoursePointerArrayByDifficulty( vector<Course*> &apCourses )
 
 void SortCoursePointerArrayByRanking( vector<Course*> &apCourses )
 {
+	for(unsigned i=0; i<apCourses.size(); i++)
+		apCourses[i]->UpdateCourseStats();
 	sort( apCourses.begin(), apCourses.end(), CompareCoursePointersByRanking );
 }
 
@@ -894,6 +896,8 @@ void SortCoursePointerArrayByAvgDifficulty( vector<Course*> &apCourses )
 
 void SortCoursePointerArrayByTotalDifficulty( vector<Course*> &apCourses )
 {
+	for(unsigned i=0; i<apCourses.size(); i++)
+		apCourses[i]->UpdateCourseStats();
 	sort( apCourses.begin(), apCourses.end(), CompareCoursePointersByTotalDifficulty );
 }
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp b/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp
index 255a4c9f3b..b6d0832a41 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp
@@ -568,9 +568,6 @@ void MusicWheel::BuildWheelItemDatas( vector<WheelItemData> &arrayWheelItemDatas
 
 		if (PREFSMAN->m_iCourseSortOrder != PrefsManager::COURSE_SORT_SONGS)
 		{
-			for(i=0; i<apCourses.size(); i++)
-				apCourses[i]->UpdateCourseStats();
-
 			if (PREFSMAN->m_iCourseSortOrder == PrefsManager::COURSE_SORT_METER)
 				SortCoursePointerArrayByAvgDifficulty( apCourses );