diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index cae8b7e6e3..2eabccf1df 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2799,3 +2799,12 @@ David  19 Mar 2011
 
     lib/
         procinfo.cpp
+
+David  19 Mar 2011
+    - scheduler: fix a bug in assigning deadlines to resent jobs.
+        From Kevin.
+        NOTE: Kevin also reported a bug that resulted in
+        way too large (e.g. year) deadlines.
+
+    sched/
+        sched_send.cpp
diff --git a/sched/sched_send.cpp b/sched/sched_send.cpp
index 64fd8f66c0..a41f057fa8 100644
--- a/sched/sched_send.cpp
+++ b/sched/sched_send.cpp
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ static void get_delay_bound_range(
             // if original deadline has passed, return zeros
             // This will skip deadline check.
             opt = pess = 0;
+            return;
         }
         opt = res_report_deadline - now;
         pess = wu.delay_bound;
@@ -604,6 +605,7 @@ static void get_delay_bound_range(
         ) {
             opt = wu.delay_bound*config.reliable_reduced_delay_bound;
             double est_wallclock_duration = estimate_duration(wu, bav);
+
             // Check to see how reasonable this reduced time is.
             // Increase it to twice the estimated delay bound
             // if all the following apply: