diff --git a/gui/builtinContextMenus/damagePatternChange.py b/gui/builtinContextMenus/damagePatternChange.py
index cf592e8ec..e098a9736 100644
--- a/gui/builtinContextMenus/damagePatternChange.py
+++ b/gui/builtinContextMenus/damagePatternChange.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ class ChangeDamagePattern(ContextMenuUnconditional):
         userPatterns = sorted(sDP.getUserDamagePatternList(), key=lambda p: smartSort(p.fullName))
         # Order here is important: patterns with duplicate names from the latter will overwrite
         # patterns from the former
-        self.patterns = list(chain(builtinPatterns, userPatterns))
-        self.patterns.sort(key=lambda p: p.fullName not in ["Uniform", "Selected Ammo"])
+        self.patterns = sorted(
+            chain(builtinPatterns, userPatterns),
+            key=lambda p: p.fullName not in ["Uniform", "Selected Ammo"])
 
         self.patternEventMap = {}
-
         self.items = (OrderedDict(), OrderedDict())
         for pattern in self.patterns:
             container = self.items