diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 8488da927..2b29b6a9a 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -1690,10 +1690,7 @@ void DatabasePager::capped_removeExpiredSubgraphs(const osg::FrameStamp& frameSt
 
                 ++numRemoved;
 
-                PagedLODList::iterator itr_to_erase = itr;
-                ++itr;
-
-                _activePagedLODList.erase(itr_to_erase);
+                itr = pagedLODList.erase(itr);
             }
         }