diff --git a/src/ol/structs/rbush.js b/src/ol/structs/rbush.js
index 25437e1056..349631748f 100644
--- a/src/ol/structs/rbush.js
+++ b/src/ol/structs/rbush.js
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ ol.structs.RBush.prototype.insert = function(extent, value) {
   var key = this.getKey_(value);
   goog.asserts.assert(!this.valueExtent_.hasOwnProperty(key));
   this.insert_(extent, value, this.root_.height - 1);
+  this.valueExtent_[key] = ol.extent.clone(extent);
 };
 
 
@@ -582,8 +583,6 @@ ol.structs.RBush.prototype.insert_ = function(extent, value, level) {
   for (; i >= 0; --i) {
     ol.extent.extend(path[i].extent, extent);
   }
-  var key = this.getKey_(value);
-  this.valueExtent_[key] = ol.extent.clone(extent);
   return node;
 };
 
@@ -715,6 +714,6 @@ ol.structs.RBush.prototype.update = function(extent, value) {
   if (!ol.extent.equals(currentExtent, extent)) {
     this.remove_(currentExtent, value);
     this.insert_(extent, value, this.root_.height - 1);
-    ol.extent.clone(extent, currentExtent);
+    this.valueExtent_[key] = ol.extent.clone(extent, currentExtent);
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/structs/rbush.test.js b/test/spec/ol/structs/rbush.test.js
index 044811e6eb..bb2f78c62f 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/structs/rbush.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/structs/rbush.test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,24 @@ describe('ol.structs.RBush', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('with a single object', function() {
+
+    var obj;
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      obj = {};
+      rBush.insert([0, 0, 1, 1], obj);
+    });
+
+    it('can update the object', function() {
+      expect(rBush.getAllInExtent([0, 0, 1, 1])).to.eql([obj]);
+      rBush.update([2, 2, 3, 3], obj);
+      expect(rBush.getAllInExtent([0, 0, 1, 1])).to.be.empty();
+      expect(rBush.getAll()).to.eql([obj]);
+      expect(rBush.getAllInExtent([2, 2, 3, 3])).to.eql([obj]);
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('with a few objects', function() {
 
     var objs;