From 25f2a5827a40f0ca0f662ecad1c810c20fd596ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:18:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure _locale is always set to a locale for which ICU has a
 collator

---
 src/calibre/utils/icu.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/icu.py b/src/calibre/utils/icu.py
index fba0ff42ae..7b63d09528 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/icu.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/icu.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ def collator(strength=None, numeric=None, ignore_alternate_chars=None, upper_fir
             ans = _icu.Collator(_locale)
         except Exception as e:
             print(f'Failed to load collator for locale: {_locale!r} with error {e!r}, using English', file=sys.stderr)
-            ans = _icu.Collator('en')
+            _locale = 'en'
+            ans = _icu.Collator(_locale)
     else:
         ans = collator().clone()
         if strength is not None: