diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/user.php b/wp-admin/includes/user.php
index af724ce021..e93fc428bd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/user.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/user.php
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ function wp_delete_user($id, $reassign = 'novalue') {
 	// FINALLY, delete user
 	do_action('delete_user', $id);
 
-	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("DELETE FROM $wpdb->users WHERE ID = %d", $id) );
 	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("DELETE FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE user_id = %d", $id) );
+	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("DELETE FROM $wpdb->users WHERE ID = %d", $id) );
 
 	$user = new WP_User($id);
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 15526bcf7f..8cc0d7b341 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -1159,15 +1159,17 @@ function wp_delete_post($postid = 0) {
 	foreach ( $revision_ids as $revision_id )
 		wp_delete_post_revision( $revision_id );
 
+	do_action('deleted_post', $postid);
+
 	// Point all attachments to this post up one level
 	$wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, $parent_data, $parent_where + array( 'post_type' => 'attachment' ) );
 
-	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $postid ));
-
 	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d", $postid ));
 
 	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id = %d", $postid ));
 
+	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $postid ));
+
 	if ( 'page' == $post->post_type ) {
 		clean_page_cache($postid);
 
@@ -1179,8 +1181,6 @@ function wp_delete_post($postid = 0) {
 		clean_post_cache($postid);
 	}
 
-	do_action('deleted_post', $postid);
-
 	return $post;
 }
 
@@ -2516,12 +2516,12 @@ function wp_delete_attachment($postid) {
 	/** @todo Delete for pluggable post taxonomies too */
 	wp_delete_object_term_relationships($postid, array('category', 'post_tag'));
 
-	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $postid ));
-
 	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d", $postid ));
 
 	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id = %d ", $postid ));
 
+	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $postid ));
+
 	$uploadPath = wp_upload_dir();
 
 	if ( ! empty($meta['thumb']) ) {