diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 2c9207033..de43154f3 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ void DatabasePager::RequestQueue::takeFirst(osg::ref_ptr<DatabaseRequest>& datab
             else
             {
                 (*citr)->invalidate();
-
-                citr = _requestList.erase(citr);
+                
                 OSG_INFO<<"DatabasePager::RequestQueue::takeFirst(): Pruning "<<(*citr)<<std::endl;
+                citr = _requestList.erase(citr);
             }
 
         }