diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 4feb2404051..2f518506198 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-11-16  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@unitus.it>
+
+	* include/bits/stl_deque.h (deque::erase()):  Fix memory leak.
+
 2001-11-16  Loren J. Rittle  <ljrittle@acm.org>
 
 	* docs/html/17_intro/howto.html (Thread-safety): Rename
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_deque.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_deque.h
index a1dda2f8b9e..b837ed74bd3 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_deque.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_deque.h
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ deque<_Tp,_Alloc>::erase(iterator __first, iterator __last)
       copy_backward(_M_start, __first, __last);
       iterator __new_start = _M_start + __n;
       _Destroy(_M_start, __new_start);
-      _M_destroy_nodes(__new_start._M_node, _M_start._M_node);
+      _M_destroy_nodes(_M_start._M_node, __new_start._M_node);
       _M_start = __new_start;
     }
     else {