diff --git a/searches/binary_search.py b/searches/binary_search.py
index 5125dc6bdb9a..80fc0880bf3b 100644
--- a/searches/binary_search.py
+++ b/searches/binary_search.py
@@ -198,8 +198,11 @@ def binary_search(sorted_collection: list[int], item: int) -> int:
     >>> binary_search([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 6)
     -1
     """
-    if list(sorted_collection) != sorted(sorted_collection):
-        raise ValueError("sorted_collection must be sorted in ascending order")
+    if any(
+    sorted_collection[i] > sorted_collection[i + 1]
+    for i in range(len(sorted_collection) - 1)
+):
+    raise ValueError("sorted_collection must be sorted in ascending order")
     left = 0
     right = len(sorted_collection) - 1