diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs
index f6ca142a6d..9e476bbde4 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasBranch.cs
@@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		{
 			// intentionally not using linq here because this is called many times per frame
 			int index = -1;
-			var timeStamp = DateTime.MaxValue;
+			var timeStamp = DateTime.MinValue;
 			for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
 			{
-				if (list[i].Frame == frame && list[i].TimeStamp < timeStamp)
+				if (list[i].Frame == frame && list[i].TimeStamp > timeStamp)
 				{
 					index = i;
 					timeStamp = list[i].TimeStamp;