diff -r 2872ae438bf7 -r e538444823de metadataengine/server/inc/mdspreferences.h
--- a/metadataengine/server/inc/mdspreferences.h	Wed Sep 15 12:40:59 2010 +0300
+++ b/metadataengine/server/inc/mdspreferences.h	Wed Oct 13 15:02:02 2010 +0300
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 									EPreferenceExtraSortAsc  | 
 									EPreferenceExtraSortDesc;
 
-		CMdsClauseBuffer* sortBuffer = CMdsClauseBuffer::NewLC( 12 ); // minimum reserved lenght for sort rules
+		CMdsClauseBuffer* sortBuffer = CMdsClauseBuffer::NewLC( 8 ); // estimated minimum lenght for sort rules
 
 		// check if there is some order rules
 		if( KSortFlags & aFlags )