diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
index 16d167613e..c1e55e4e25 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 (require 'gnus-range)
 (require 'gnus-util)
 (require 'gnus-cloud)
+(require 'seq)
 (autoload 'message-make-date "message")
 (autoload 'gnus-agent-read-servers-validate "gnus-agent")
 (autoload 'gnus-agent-save-local "gnus-agent")
@@ -583,12 +584,9 @@ gnus-subscribe-randomly
 
 (defun gnus-subscribe-alphabetically (newgroup)
   "Subscribe new NEWGROUP and insert it in alphabetical order."
-  (let ((groups (cdr gnus-group-list))
-	before)
-    (while (and (not before) groups)
-      (if (string< newgroup (car groups))
-	  (setq before (car groups))
-	(setq groups (cdr groups))))
+  (let ((before (seq-find (lambda (group)
+                            (string< newgroup group))
+                          (cdr gnus-group-list))))
     (gnus-subscribe-newsgroup newgroup before)))
 
 (defun gnus-subscribe-hierarchically (newgroup)