python
diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def _lt_from_ge(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
 def total_ordering(cls):
     """Class decorator that fills in missing ordering methods"""
     # Find user-defined comparisons (not those inherited from object).
-    roots = [op for op in _convert if getattr(cls, op, None) is not getattr(object, op, None)]
+    roots = {op for op in _convert if getattr(cls, op, None) is not getattr(object, op, None)}
     if not roots:
         raise ValueError('must define at least one ordering operation: < > <= >=')
     root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__