diff --git a/mxqd_control.c b/mxqd_control.c
index 419d6bfb..7a68d564 100644
--- a/mxqd_control.c
+++ b/mxqd_control.c
@@ -519,52 +519,21 @@ int server_remove_orphaned_groups(struct mxq_server *server)
     return cnt;
 }
 
-void server_sort_users_by_running_global_slot_count(struct mxq_server *server)
+static int cmp_users_by_global_running_slots(struct mxq_user_list *u1,struct mxq_user_list *u2)
 {
-    struct mxq_user_list *ulist;
-    struct mxq_user_list *unext;
-    struct mxq_user_list *uprev;
-    struct mxq_user_list *uroot;
-    struct mxq_user_list *current;
-
-    assert(server);
-
-    if (!server->user_cnt)
-        return;
-
-    for (ulist = server->users, uroot = NULL; ulist; ulist = unext) {
-        unext = ulist->next;
-
-        ulist->next = NULL;
-
-        if (!uroot) {
-            uroot = ulist;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        for (current = uroot, uprev = NULL; (current || uprev); uprev = current, current = current->next) {
-            if (!current) {
-                uprev->next = ulist;
-                break;
-            }
-            if (ulist->global_slots_running > current->global_slots_running) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (ulist->global_slots_running == current->global_slots_running
-                && ulist->global_threads_running > current->global_threads_running) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            ulist->next = current;
+    return
+        u1->global_slots_running > u2->global_slots_running ? 1
+          : u1->global_slots_running < u2->global_slots_running ? -1
+          : 0;
+}
 
-            if (!uprev) {
-                uroot = ulist;
-            } else {
-                uprev->next = ulist;
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-    }
+static struct mxq_user_list **get_users_nextptr(struct mxq_user_list *u)
+{
+    return &u->next;
+}
 
-    server->users = uroot;
+void server_sort_users_by_running_global_slot_count(struct mxq_server *server)
+{
+    assert(server);
+    mx_sort_linked_list(&server->users,cmp_users_by_global_running_slots,get_users_nextptr);
 }