diff --git a/src/ripple_app/ledger/Ledger.cpp b/src/ripple_app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
index 62076fe83..d4686a697 100644
--- a/src/ripple_app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
@@ -1241,8 +1241,17 @@ static void visitHelper (FUNCTION_TYPE<void (SLE::ref)>& function, SHAMapItem::r
 
 void Ledger::visitStateItems (FUNCTION_TYPE<void (SLE::ref)> function)
 {
-    if (mAccountStateMap)
-        mAccountStateMap->visitLeaves(BIND_TYPE(&visitHelper, beast::ref(function), P_1));
+    try
+    {
+        if (mAccountStateMap)
+            mAccountStateMap->visitLeaves(BIND_TYPE(&visitHelper, beast::ref(function), P_1));
+    }
+    catch (SHAMapMissingNode& sn)
+    {
+        if (mHash.isNonZero ())
+            getApp().getInboundLedgers().findCreate(mHash, mLedgerSeq, false);
+        throw;
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/ripple_app/ledger/OrderBookDB.cpp b/src/ripple_app/ledger/OrderBookDB.cpp
index 11705efd7..a2cffda14 100644
--- a/src/ripple_app/ledger/OrderBookDB.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_app/ledger/OrderBookDB.cpp
@@ -105,8 +105,19 @@ void OrderBookDB::update (Ledger::pointer ledger)
 
     // walk through the entire ledger looking for orderbook entries
     int books = 0;
-    ledger->visitStateItems(BIND_TYPE(&updateHelper, P_1, boost::ref(seen), boost::ref(destMap),
-        boost::ref(sourceMap), boost::ref(XRPBooks), boost::ref(books)));
+
+    try
+    {
+        ledger->visitStateItems(BIND_TYPE(&updateHelper, P_1, boost::ref(seen), boost::ref(destMap),
+            boost::ref(sourceMap), boost::ref(XRPBooks), boost::ref(books)));
+    }
+    catch (const SHAMapMissingNode&)
+    {
+        WriteLog (lsINFO, OrderBookDB) << "OrderBookDB::update encountered a missing node";
+        ScopedLockType sl (mLock, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+        mSeq = 0;
+        return;
+    }
 
     WriteLog (lsDEBUG, OrderBookDB) << "OrderBookDB::update< " << books << " books found";
     {
diff --git a/src/ripple_app/shamap/SHAMapSync.cpp b/src/ripple_app/shamap/SHAMapSync.cpp
index 9e83f3eaf..aafc280f6 100644
--- a/src/ripple_app/shamap/SHAMapSync.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_app/shamap/SHAMapSync.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void SHAMap::visitLeaves (FUNCTION_TYPE<void (SHAMapItem::ref item)> function)
                 ++pos;
 	    else
             {
-                SHAMapTreeNode* child = getNodePointerNT (node->getChildNodeID (pos), node->getChildHash (pos));
+                SHAMapTreeNode* child = getNodePointer (node->getChildNodeID (pos), node->getChildHash (pos));
                 if (child->isLeaf ())
                 {
                     function (child->peekItem ());