diff --git a/Source/pages/repo_update_mappings.php b/Source/pages/repo_update_mappings.php
index 6672d7d..8e89304 100644
--- a/Source/pages/repo_update_mappings.php
+++ b/Source/pages/repo_update_mappings.php
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
 
 # start processing the updated form entries for each mapping
 foreach( $t_mappings as $t_mapping ) {
-	$f_mapping_delete = gpc_get_bool( $t_mapping->branch . '_delete', false );
+	$t_posted_branch = str_replace( '.', '_', $t_mapping->branch );
+
+	$f_mapping_delete = gpc_get_bool( $t_posted_branch . '_delete', false );
 
 	if ( $f_mapping_delete ) {
 		$t_mapping->delete();
+		continue;
 	}
 
-	$t_posted_branch = str_replace( '.', '_', $t_mapping->branch );
-
 	$f_mapping_branch = gpc_get_string( $t_posted_branch . '_branch', $t_mapping->branch );
 	$f_mapping_type = gpc_get_int( $t_posted_branch . '_type', $t_mapping->type );
 	if ( Source_PVM() ) {