diff --git a/orphaning_tree.go b/orphaning_tree.go
index b57e44556..4d195e2d7 100644
--- a/orphaning_tree.go
+++ b/orphaning_tree.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (tree *orphaningTree) SaveAs(version int64) {
 	tree.ndb.SaveBranch(tree.root, func(node *Node) {
 		tree.unorphan(node._hash())
 	})
-	tree.ndb.SaveOrphans(tree.version+1, tree.orphans)
+	tree.ndb.SaveOrphans(tree.version, tree.orphans)
 }
 
 // Add orphans to the orphan list. Doesn't write to disk.