diff --git a/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/.train.py.swp b/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/.train.py.swp
index e984b45c7..ead1a81a4 100644
Binary files a/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/.train.py.swp and b/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/.train.py.swp differ
diff --git a/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/train.py b/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/train.py
index c8183da14..c1684d3e0 100755
--- a/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/train.py
+++ b/egs/aishell/ASR/conformer_ctc/train.py
@@ -450,8 +450,6 @@ def compute_validation_loss(
     #    params.best_valid_loss = loss_value
     if params.cur_epoch >= 2 and loss_value < max(params.best_valid_losses.values()):
         remove_epoch = -1
-        params.best_valid_losses[params.cur_epoch] = loss_value
-        
         for k, v in params.best_valid_losses.items():
             if v == max(params.best_valid_losses.values()):
                 remove_epoch = k
@@ -459,6 +457,7 @@ def compute_validation_loss(
         remove_filename = params.exp_dir / f"best-valid-loss_{remove_epoch}.pt"
         if loss.device == 0: os.remove(remove_filename)
         del params.best_valid_losses[k]
+        params.best_valid_losses[params.cur_epoch] = loss_value
         
     return tot_loss