diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 2c311dbc9c..b956e144bb 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7659,3 +7659,13 @@ David  12 Sept 2009
 
     client/
         app_control.cpp
+
+David  13 Sept 2009
+    - client: change order in poll loop so that:
+        1) job finishes
+        2) job gets marked as "ready to report"
+        3) scheduler RPC is initiated
+        Hopefully this won't have an unintended side-effect
+
+    client/
+        client_state.cpp
diff --git a/client/client_state.cpp b/client/client_state.cpp
index 1b3566a4e6..0b3de3f2a4 100644
--- a/client/client_state.cpp
+++ b/client/client_state.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ bool CLIENT_STATE::poll_slow_events() {
     //auto_update.poll();
     POLL_ACTION(active_tasks           , active_tasks.poll      );
     POLL_ACTION(garbage_collect        , garbage_collect        );
-    POLL_ACTION(update_results         , update_results         );
     POLL_ACTION(gui_http               , gui_http.poll          );
     POLL_ACTION(gui_rpc_http           , gui_rpcs.poll          );
     if (!network_suspended) {
@@ -684,6 +683,7 @@ bool CLIENT_STATE::poll_slow_events() {
         POLL_ACTION(handle_pers_file_xfers , handle_pers_file_xfers );
     }
     POLL_ACTION(handle_finished_apps   , handle_finished_apps   );
+    POLL_ACTION(update_results         , update_results         );
     if (!tasks_suspended) {
         POLL_ACTION(possibly_schedule_cpus, possibly_schedule_cpus          );
         POLL_ACTION(enforce_schedule    , enforce_schedule  );