diff --git a/src/mon/Paxos.cc b/src/mon/Paxos.cc
index 715d13e2158..5863792f61d 100644
--- a/src/mon/Paxos.cc
+++ b/src/mon/Paxos.cc
@@ -1483,7 +1483,6 @@ void Paxos::propose_pending()
 
   bufferlist bl;
   pending_proposal->encode(bl);
-  pending_proposal.reset();
 
   dout(10) << __func__ << " " << (last_committed + 1)
 	   << " " << bl.length() << " bytes" << dendl;
@@ -1493,6 +1492,8 @@ void Paxos::propose_pending()
   f.flush(*_dout);
   *_dout << dendl;
 
+  pending_proposal.reset();
+
   committing_finishers.swap(pending_finishers);
   state = STATE_UPDATING;
   begin(bl);