diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index d2dbd5a6b..5b3811adf 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ DatabasePager::DatabasePager()
 DatabasePager::~DatabasePager()
 {
 
+    // release the frameBlock and _fileRequestListEmptyBlock incase its holding up thread cancelation.
+    _frameBlock->release();
+    _fileRequestListEmptyBlock->release();
+
     //std::cout<<"DatabasePager::~DatabasePager()"<<std::endl;
     if( isRunning() )
     {
@@ -49,11 +53,6 @@ DatabasePager::~DatabasePager()
         cancel();
         //join();
 
-        
-        // release the frameBlock incase its holding up thread cancelation.
-        _frameBlock->release();
-
-
         // then wait for the the thread to stop running.
         while(isRunning())
         {