diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32a32bdec7..f84f44b4c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Leaflet.markercluster
  * IE10 Bug fix (Reported by [@theLundquist](https://github.com/theLundquist)) [#86](https://github.com/danzel/Leaflet.markercluster/issues/86)
  * Fixes for hasLayer after removing a layer (Reported by [@cvisto](https://github.com/cvisto)) [#44](https://github.com/danzel/Leaflet.markercluster/issues/44)
  * Fix clearLayers not unsetting __parent of the markers, preventing them from being re-added. (Reported by [@apuntovanini](https://github.com/apuntovanini)) [#99](https://github.com/danzel/Leaflet.markercluster/issues/99)
+ * Fix map.removeLayer(markerClusterGroup) not working (Reported by [@Driklyn](https://github.com/Driklyn)) [#108](https://github.com/danzel/Leaflet.markercluster/issues/108)
 
 ## 0.2 (2012-10-11)
 
diff --git a/src/MarkerClusterGroup.js b/src/MarkerClusterGroup.js
index ed8d2c68b4..028fc0cfa8 100644
--- a/src/MarkerClusterGroup.js
+++ b/src/MarkerClusterGroup.js
@@ -351,14 +351,14 @@ L.MarkerClusterGroup = L.FeatureGroup.extend({
 			this._spiderfierOnRemove();
 		}
 
-		this._map = null;
-
 		//Clean up all the layers we added to the map
 		for (var i in this._layers) {
 			if (this._layers.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
 				L.FeatureGroup.prototype.removeLayer.call(this, this._layers[i]);
 			}
 		}
+
+		this._map = null;
 	},