gstlal_peakfinder.ct.patch

diff --git a/gstlal/lib/gstlal/gstlal_peakfinder.ct b/gstlal/lib/gstlal/gstlal_peakfinder.ct
index 7a61bef..1b728b2 100644
--- a/gstlal/lib/gstlal/gstlal_peakfinder.ct
+++ b/gstlal/lib/gstlal/gstlal_peakfinder.ct
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ int NAME(gstlal,peak_over_window)(struct gstlal_peak_state *state, const TYPE *d
    guint sample, channel;
    TYPE *maxdata = MEMBER(state->values.as);
    guint *maxsample = state->samples;
+   double absdata;
+   double absdatachannel;
    
    /* clear the state array */
    gstlal_peak_state_clear(state);
@@ -26,9 +28,10 @@ int NAME(gstlal,peak_over_window)(struct gstlal_peak_state *state, const TYPE *d
    /* Find maxima of the data */
    for(sample = 0; sample < length; sample++) {
        for(channel = 0; channel < state->channels; channel++) {
-           if(ABSFUNC(*data) > ABSFUNC(maxdata[channel]) && ABSFUNC(*data) > state->thresh) {
+           absdata = ABSFUNC(*data);
+           if(absdata > state->thresh && absdata > (absdatachannel = ABSFUNC(maxdata[channel]))) {
                /* only increment events if the previous value was 0 */
-               if (ABSFUNC(maxdata[channel]) == 0)
+               if (absdatachannel == 0)
                    state->num_events += 1;
                maxdata[channel] = *data;
                maxsample[channel] = sample;