diff --git a/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py b/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py
index 6d9047541e6bcc801b83657b9e04fc5d247d6a99..fdbc5a32553d2fc3c211a82df07066456dcf384b 100644
--- a/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py
+++ b/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class NestedSampler(Sampler):
                     "Multiple matches found between sorted and unsorted samples")
             else:
                 idxs.append(idx[0])
-        return unsorted_loglikelihoods(idxs)
+        return unsorted_loglikelihoods[idxs]
 
 
 class MCMCSampler(Sampler):