diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da87321d..9c1bab39 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Changes in 1.4.5-stable:
  o Fix connection keep-alive behavior for HTTP/1.0
  o Fix use of freed memory in event_reinit; pointed out by Peter Postma
  o Constify struct timeval * where possible; pointed out by Forest Wilkinson
+ o allow min_heap_erase to be called on removed members; from liusifan.
 
 Changes in 1.4.4-stable:
  o Correct the documentation on buffer printf functions.
diff --git a/min_heap.h b/min_heap.h
index 664c559c..d47e5638 100644
--- a/min_heap.h
+++ b/min_heap.h
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ struct event* min_heap_pop(min_heap_t* s)
     if(s->n)
     {
         struct event* e = *s->p;
-        e->min_heap_idx = -1;
         min_heap_shift_down_(s, 0u, s->p[--s->n]);
+        e->min_heap_idx = -1;
         return e;
     }
     return 0;