diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b5d2acd6..044d4ffc4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2008-07-31  Neil Roberts  <neil@o-hand.com>
+
+	Bug 1075 - Difficult to bind clutter_stage_new
+
+	* clutter/clutter-stage.c (clutter_stage_dispose): Unrealize the
+	stage before removing the update idle handler. Otherwise
+	unrealizing causes another redraw to be queued and if the stage
+	object remains alive it will cause an assert and abort.
+
 2008-07-30  Neil Roberts  <neil@o-hand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-stage.c (clutter_stage_class_init): Added the
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-stage.c b/clutter/clutter-stage.c
index 85052b452..298d8ec97 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-stage.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-stage.c
@@ -455,14 +455,14 @@ clutter_stage_dispose (GObject *object)
   ClutterStagePrivate *priv = stage->priv;
   ClutterStageManager *stage_manager = clutter_stage_manager_get_default ();
 
+  clutter_actor_unrealize (CLUTTER_ACTOR (object));
+
   if (priv->update_idle)
     {
       g_source_remove (priv->update_idle);
       priv->update_idle = 0;
     }
 
-  clutter_actor_unrealize (CLUTTER_ACTOR (object));
-
   _clutter_stage_manager_remove_stage (stage_manager, stage);
 
   if (priv->impl)