diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index b0f09f656d..9087352a28 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-06-11  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* insettabular.C: correctly mark all cells as erased
+
 2003-06-11  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* insetexternal.[Ch]: InsetExternal::Params no longer stores the
diff --git a/src/insets/insettabular.C b/src/insets/insettabular.C
index 0007786eb3..ce9c046b22 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettabular.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettabular.C
@@ -2625,10 +2625,10 @@ void InsetTabular::markErased()
 {
 	int cell = 0;
 
-	while (!tabular->IsLastCell(cell)) {
-		++cell;
+	while (cell < tabular->GetNumberOfCells()) {
 		InsetText * inset = tabular->GetCellInset(cell);
 		inset->markErased();
+		++cell;
 	}
 }