diff -r fa93fbd543b4 -r ba26595503ab hedgewars/uGearsHedgehog.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGearsHedgehog.pas	Fri Jan 03 01:41:32 2014 +0100
+++ b/hedgewars/uGearsHedgehog.pas	Thu Jan 02 23:52:34 2014 -0500
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@
     begin
     Gear^.State:= Gear^.State and (not gstWinner);
     Gear^.State:= Gear^.State and (not gstMoving);
-    while (TestCollisionYWithGear(Gear,1) = 0) and (not CheckGearDrowning(Gear)) and (Gear <> nil) do
+    while (not CheckGearDrowning(Gear)) and (Gear <> nil) and (TestCollisionYWithGear(Gear,1) = 0) do
         Gear^.Y:= Gear^.Y + _1;
 
     // could become nil in CheckGearDrowning if ai's hog fails to respawn in ai survival