diff --git a/plugins/Dashboard/javascripts/dashboardObject.js b/plugins/Dashboard/javascripts/dashboardObject.js
index 67614dd2310db19e314dc38ce0a076b506cdd353..a91b9ad46a393af2bcd1e21a9d018fbb2a9decda 100644
--- a/plugins/Dashboard/javascripts/dashboardObject.js
+++ b/plugins/Dashboard/javascripts/dashboardObject.js
@@ -409,9 +409,7 @@
         }
 
         //launch 'sortable' property on every dashboard widgets
-        if ($( "div.col", dashboardElement ).is( ":data('ui-sortable')" )) {
-            $( "div.col", dashboardElement ).sortable('destroy');
-        }
+        $( "div.col:data('ui-sortable')", dashboardElement ).sortable('destroy');
 
         $('div.col', dashboardElement)
                     .sortable({