diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/database/fuzzyindex.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/database/fuzzyindex.cpp
index 1a6cdb724..1daac730d 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/database/fuzzyindex.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/database/fuzzyindex.cpp
@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@ FuzzyIndex::beginIndexing()
 {
     m_mutex.lock();
 
-    delete m_luceneSearcher;
-    delete m_luceneReader;
-    m_luceneSearcher = 0;
-    m_luceneReader = 0;
-
     try
     {
+        delete m_luceneSearcher;
+        delete m_luceneReader;
+        m_luceneSearcher = 0;
+        m_luceneReader = 0;
         IndexWriter luceneWriter = IndexWriter( m_luceneDir, m_analyzer, true );
     }
     catch( CLuceneError& error )