diff --git a/src/views/gcal-week-header.c b/src/views/gcal-week-header.c
index f567447e..3aa179e7 100644
--- a/src/views/gcal-week-header.c
+++ b/src/views/gcal-week-header.c
@@ -1666,13 +1666,13 @@ gcal_week_header_remove_event (GcalWeekHeader *self,
       if (event_position == -1)
         continue;
 
-      /* Move remaining events up */
-      move_events_at_column (self, UP, weekday, event_position);
-
       /* Remove from the current weekday */
       l = g_list_remove (l, removed_event);
       self->events[weekday] = l;
 
+      /* Move remaining events up */
+      move_events_at_column (self, UP, weekday, event_position);
+
     }
 
   /* Check if we eventually can merge events */