diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
index b6e31306ed..cd7de66d52 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
@@ -1413,8 +1413,8 @@ void StdCmdDelete::activated(int iMsg)
                     if (vp) {
                         // ask the ViewProvider if it wants to do some clean up
                         if (vp->onDelete(sel.getSubNames())) {
-                            FCMD_OBJ_DOC_CMD(obj,"removeObject('" << obj->getNameInDocument() << "')");
                             docs.insert(obj->getDocument());
+                            FCMD_OBJ_DOC_CMD(obj,"removeObject('" << obj->getNameInDocument() << "')");
                         }
                     }
                 }