diff --git a/src/switch_event.c b/src/switch_event.c
index 32bc5b2d2d..b93f8746ad 100644
--- a/src/switch_event.c
+++ b/src/switch_event.c
@@ -766,13 +766,13 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_del_header_val(switch_event_t *even
 	unsigned long hash = 0;
 
 	tp = event->headers;
+	hash = switch_ci_hashfunc_default(header_name, &hlen);
 	while (tp) {
 		hp = tp;
 		tp = tp->next;
 
 		x++;
 		switch_assert(x < 1000000);
-		hash = switch_ci_hashfunc_default(header_name, &hlen);
 
 		if ((!hp->hash || hash == hp->hash) && !strcasecmp(header_name, hp->name) && (zstr(val) || !strcmp(hp->value, val))) {
 			if (lp) {