diff --git a/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp b/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp
index 00504d0c..a7d92062 100755
--- a/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ void Persister::saveCompleted(Snapshot *completedSnapshot)
 	SnapshotListType::iterator i=std::remove(m_savingSnapshots.begin(),m_savingSnapshots.end(),completedSnapshot);
 	if (i!=m_savingSnapshots.end())
 	{
-		m_savingSnapshots.erase(i, m_savingSnapshots.end());
         delete (*i);
+		m_savingSnapshots.erase(i, m_savingSnapshots.end());
 
 		if (m_savingSnapshots.empty() && ConfigServerDatabase::getReportSaveTimes())
 		{
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ void Persister::saveCompleted(Snapshot *completedSnapshot)
 	{
 		SnapshotListType::iterator j=std::remove(m_savingCharacterSnapshots.begin(),m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end(),completedSnapshot);
 DEBUG_FATAL(i==m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end(),("Programmer bug:  SaveCompleted() called with a snapshot that wasn't in m_savingSnapshots or m_savingCharacterSnapshots."));
-		m_savingCharacterSnapshots.erase(j, m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end());
         delete (*j);
+		m_savingCharacterSnapshots.erase(j, m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end());
 		DEBUG_REPORT_LOG(ConfigServerDatabase::getReportSaveTimes(),("New character save completed\n"));
 	}
 }