diff --git a/include/session.php b/include/session.php
index 8f9d64606c..4e7befb1b5 100644
--- a/include/session.php
+++ b/include/session.php
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ function ref_session_write ($id,$data) {
 	if($session_exists) {
 		$r = q("UPDATE `session`
 				SET `data` = '%s'
-				WHERE `data` != '%s' AND `sid` = '%s'",
+				WHERE `sid` = '%s' AND `data` != '%s'",
 				dbesc($data), dbesc($data), dbesc($id));
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `session`
 				SET `expire` = '%s'
-				WHERE `expire` != '%s' AND `sid` = '%s'",
+				WHERE `sid` = '%s' AND `expire` != '%s'",
 				dbesc($expire), dbesc($expire), dbesc($id));
 	} else
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `session`