diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs b/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs
index 169a486d1eb9..502bf0c42795 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ fn extend_with_matching(
 
 /// Are the patterns in `ps1` and `ps2` equal save for `ps1[idx]` compared to `ps2[idx]`?
 fn eq_pre_post(ps1: &[P<Pat>], ps2: &[P<Pat>], idx: usize) -> bool {
-    ps1[idx].is_rest() == ps2[idx].is_rest() // Avoid `[x, ..] | [x, 0]` => `[x, .. | 0]`.
-        && ps1.len() == ps2.len()
+    ps1.len() == ps2.len()
+        && ps1[idx].is_rest() == ps2[idx].is_rest() // Avoid `[x, ..] | [x, 0]` => `[x, .. | 0]`.
         && over(&ps1[..idx], &ps2[..idx], |l, r| eq_pat(l, r))
         && over(&ps1[idx + 1..], &ps2[idx + 1..], |l, r| eq_pat(l, r))
 }