diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24d5809f9f..ed40ef85f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif()
 # Project configuration
 #
 
-project(entt VERSION 2.6.1)
+project(entt VERSION 2.7.1)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
diff --git a/src/entt/entity/view.hpp b/src/entt/entity/view.hpp
index bb2459dc68..47b0c59af1 100644
--- a/src/entt/entity/view.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/entity/view.hpp
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ class RuntimeView {
         : pools{std::move(others)}
     {
         const auto it = std::min_element(pools.begin(), pools.end(), [](const auto *lhs, const auto *rhs) {
-            return !lhs || (rhs && (lhs->size() < rhs->size()));
+            return (!lhs && rhs) || (lhs && rhs && lhs->size() < rhs->size());
         });
 
         // brings the best candidate (if any) on front of the vector