From fe6a341b4e90462de117927b2bc567390ae6eef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: colin axner <25233464+colin-axner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:25:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix nil check bug (#6895)

---
 x/ibc/23-commitment/types/merkle.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/x/ibc/23-commitment/types/merkle.go b/x/ibc/23-commitment/types/merkle.go
index e8c7a44228..3636cecf4e 100644
--- a/x/ibc/23-commitment/types/merkle.go
+++ b/x/ibc/23-commitment/types/merkle.go
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func convertProofs(mproof MerkleProof) ([]*ics23.CommitmentProof, error) {
 
 // Empty returns true if the root is empty
 func (proof MerkleProof) Empty() bool {
-	return proof.Proof.Equal(nil) || proof.Equal(MerkleProof{}) || proof.Proof.Equal(nil) || proof.Proof.Equal(merkle.Proof{})
+	return proof.Equal(nil) || proof.Equal(MerkleProof{}) || proof.Proof.Equal(nil) || proof.Proof.Equal(merkle.Proof{})
 }
 
 // ValidateBasic checks if the proof is empty.