diff --git a/src/fix.py b/src/fix.py
index a1b031183..ac7f2ec58 100644
--- a/src/fix.py
+++ b/src/fix.py
@@ -232,9 +232,11 @@ class MaxLengthQueue(queue):
         queue.__setstate__(self, q)
         
     def enqueue(self, elt):
+        queue.enqueue(self, elt)
         if len(self) > self.length:
             self.dequeue()
 
+
 class IterableMap(object):
     """Define .iteritems() in a class and subclass this to get the other iters.
     """