diff --git a/aconversions/src/fa2re/StateElimination.cpp b/aconversions/src/fa2re/StateElimination.cpp
index b693a2443a6318662222aa5d98cf838ecb023ba6..4246999c6c946e822657f53c9f1cc791499019b4 100644
--- a/aconversions/src/fa2re/StateElimination.cpp
+++ b/aconversions/src/fa2re/StateElimination.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ void StateElimination::deleteTransitions( void )
 
 RegExp StateElimination::convert( void )
 {
+    m_MR = ExtendedNFA( );
+
     // steps 1 + 2
     constructExtendedNFA( );
     extendExtendedNFA( ); // yup, i am extending extended thing!