diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions-category.php b/wp-includes/template-functions-category.php
index 03686c9b6..501b00c68 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions-category.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions-category.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function get_the_category($id = false) {
     }
 
     if ($category_cache[$id]) {
-        return $category_cache[$id];
+			 $categories = $category_cache[$id];
     } else {
         $categories = $wpdb->get_results("
             SELECT category_id, cat_name, category_nicename, category_description, category_parent
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ function get_the_category($id = false) {
             WHERE $wpdb->post2cat.category_id = cat_ID AND $wpdb->post2cat.post_id = '$id'
             ");
     
-        return $categories;
     }
+
+		sort($categories);
+		return $categories;
 }
 
 function get_category_link($echo = false, $category_id, $category_nicename) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions-links.php b/wp-includes/template-functions-links.php
index bc85f13ab..7a94e1ac1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions-links.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions-links.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function get_permalink($id = false) {
 	if ($idpost->post_status == 'static') {
 		return get_page_link();
 	}
-	
+
 	$permalink = get_settings('permalink_structure');
 
 	if ('' != $permalink) {