diff --git a/dist/knockout.validation.js b/dist/knockout.validation.js
index 07b697b6..5e296be4 100644
--- a/dist/knockout.validation.js
+++ b/dist/knockout.validation.js
@@ -1351,7 +1351,9 @@ kv.validateObservable = function (observable) {
 		ctx, // the current Rule Context for the loop
 		ruleContexts = observable.rules(), //cache for iterator
 		len = ruleContexts.length; //cache for iterator
-
+		
+	observable.clearError();
+	
 	for (; i < len; i++) {
 
 		//get the Rule Context info to give to the core Rule
@@ -1376,8 +1378,6 @@ kv.validateObservable = function (observable) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	//finally if we got this far, make the observable valid again!
-	observable.clearError();
 	return true;
 };
 ;
@@ -1508,4 +1508,4 @@ ko.validatedObservable = function (initialValue, options) {
 
 	return obsv;
 };
-;}));
\ No newline at end of file
+;}));