diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
index 4c890580bc8169d400f6fdb3319a0b143d0eed54..ab2e5355bccd98c2a5e46d92b8b4d39323e7edd6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractItem.java
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractItem extends Actionable implements Item, HttpDelet
      */
     @CLIMethod(name="delete-job")
     public void doDoDelete( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException, InterruptedException {
-        checkPermission(DELETE);
         requirePOST();
         delete();
         if (rsp != null) // null for CLI
@@ -406,6 +405,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractItem extends Actionable implements Item, HttpDelet
      * Deletes this item.
      */
     public synchronized void delete() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        checkPermission(DELETE);
         performDelete();
 
         if(this instanceof TopLevelItem)