diff --git a/matlab/utilities/general/compare_vectors.m b/matlab/utilities/general/compare_vectors.m
index 9f9064aea..57904535f 100644
--- a/matlab/utilities/general/compare_vectors.m
+++ b/matlab/utilities/general/compare_vectors.m
@@ -42,14 +42,20 @@ if ~ismember(func2str(f),{'lt', 'gt', 'le', 'ge'})
     error('compare_vectors:: First input argument must be one of the following function handles: @lt, @gt, @le or @ge!')
 end
 
-if feval(f, A(1), B(1))
-    C = 1;
-elseif isequal(A(1),B(1)) && length(A)>1
-    C = compare_vectors(f, A(2:end), B(2:end));
-elseif isequal(A(1),B(1)) && isequal(length(A),1) && ismember(func2str(f),{'le', 'ge'})
-    C = 1;
+if isequal(length(A),1)
+    if feval(f, A, B)
+        C = 1;
+    else
+        C = 0;
+    end
 else
-    C = 0;
+    if feval(f, A(1), B(1))
+        C = 1;
+    elseif isequal(A(1),B(1))
+        C = compare_vectors(f, A(2:end), B(2:end));
+    else
+        C = 0;
+    end
 end
 
 %@test:1