diff --git a/c-syncedit.cc b/c-syncedit.cc
index 2e3ed23..8e80e96 100644
--- a/c-syncedit.cc
+++ b/c-syncedit.cc
@@ -328,10 +328,11 @@ void SyncEditor::DeleteSegment(
 
 	auto& undo{ dynamic_cast< T_UndoSyncChanges& >(
 			Common::Undo( ).add< T_UndoSyncChanges >( ) ) };
+	T_AutoArray< T_String , 8 > dcNames; // Curves to delete
 	for ( auto i = 0u ; i < nc ; i ++ ) {
 		if ( curves[ i ]->segments.size( ) == 1 ) {
 			undo.curveDeletion( *curves[ i ] );
-			sync.removeCurve( curves[ i ]->name );
+			dcNames.add( curves[ i ]->name );
 		} else {
 			auto nCurve{ *curves[ i ] };
 			nCurve.segments.remove( segmentIndex );
@@ -339,6 +340,13 @@ void SyncEditor::DeleteSegment(
 			sync.setCurve( std::move( nCurve ) );
 		}
 	}
+	
+	// We delete curves that need to be deleted now, in order to avoid
+	// using dangling curve pointers in the loop above
+	const auto nd{ dcNames.size( ) };
+	for ( auto i = 0u ; i < nd ; i ++ ) {
+		sync.removeCurve( dcNames[ i ] );
+	}
 }
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/