diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index dcc6c9b50..4832c2916 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -4060,9 +4060,11 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
             		`item_restrict` = (item_restrict|%d) ,
           		`title` = '',
 		        `body` = '',
-		        `changed` = '%s'  WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		        `changed` = '%s',
+			`edited` = '%s'  WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 		        intval(ITEM_DELETED),
 		        dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+		        dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 		        intval($item['id'])
 		);