diff --git a/test/simpledb/BufferPoolWriteTest.java b/test/simpledb/BufferPoolWriteTest.java
index 676eba39..c4f7d8ad 100644
--- a/test/simpledb/BufferPoolWriteTest.java
+++ b/test/simpledb/BufferPoolWriteTest.java
@@ -109,16 +109,16 @@ public List<Page> insertTuple(TransactionId tid, Tuple t)
     	// delete 504 tuples from the first page
     	for (int i = 0; i < 504; ++i) {
     		Tuple t = tuples.get(i);
+            HeapPage p = (HeapPage) Database.getBufferPool().getPage(tid, t.getRecordId().getPageId(), Permissions.READ_ONLY);
         	Database.getBufferPool().deleteTuple(tid, t);
-        	HeapPage p = (HeapPage) Database.getBufferPool().getPage(tid, t.getRecordId().getPageId(), Permissions.READ_ONLY);
         	assertEquals(i+1, p.getNumEmptySlots());
         }
     	
     	// delete 504 tuples from the second page
     	for (int i = 0; i < 504; ++i) {
     		Tuple t = tuples.get(i+504);
+            HeapPage p = (HeapPage) Database.getBufferPool().getPage(tid, t.getRecordId().getPageId(), Permissions.READ_ONLY);
         	Database.getBufferPool().deleteTuple(tid, t);
-        	HeapPage p = (HeapPage) Database.getBufferPool().getPage(tid, t.getRecordId().getPageId(), Permissions.READ_ONLY);
         	assertEquals(i+1, p.getNumEmptySlots());
         }
     }