diff --git a/.datatables-commit-sync b/.datatables-commit-sync
index b7843355..bbae0a78 100644
--- a/.datatables-commit-sync
+++ b/.datatables-commit-sync
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4e31fb7585a9b338257edd8472de37255f924a0d
+41d498be3fc7e9d78db83ceb1b4715d6688030f8
diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index ba5e23b7..ff881655 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 			/* iDataSort to be applied (backwards compatibility), but aDataSort will take
 			 * priority if defined
 			 */
-			if ( oOptions.iDataSort !== undefined )
+			if ( typeof oOptions.iDataSort === 'number' )
 			{
 				oCol.aDataSort = [ oOptions.iDataSort ];
 			}