diff --git a/stores/metadata_test.go b/stores/metadata_test.go
index 90a386667..9ccc84c50 100644
--- a/stores/metadata_test.go
+++ b/stores/metadata_test.go
@@ -3436,8 +3436,10 @@ func TestDeleteHostSector(t *testing.T) {
 		MinShards:     1,
 		Shards: []object.Sector{
 			{
-				Contracts: map[types.PublicKey][]types.FileContractID{hk1: fcids},
-				Root:      root,
+				Contracts: map[types.PublicKey][]types.FileContractID{
+					hk1: fcids,
+				},
+				Root: root,
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -3447,6 +3449,11 @@ func TestDeleteHostSector(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected 4 contract-sector links", n)
 	}
 
+	// Make sure 2 hostSector entries exist.
+	if n := ss.Count("host_sectors"); n != 2 {
+		t.Fatal("expected 2 host-sector links", n)
+	}
+
 	// Prune the sector from hk1.
 	if n, err := ss.DeleteHostSector(context.Background(), hk1, root); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -3459,6 +3466,11 @@ func TestDeleteHostSector(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected 2 contract-sector links", n)
 	}
 
+	// Make sure 1 hostSector entry exists.
+	if n := ss.Count("host_sectors"); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("expected 1 host-sector link", n)
+	}
+
 	// Find the slab. It should have an invalid health.
 	var slabID int64
 	var validUntil int64
diff --git a/stores/sql/main.go b/stores/sql/main.go
index 5e624c25c..df3683415 100644
--- a/stores/sql/main.go
+++ b/stores/sql/main.go
@@ -555,7 +555,14 @@ func DeleteHostSector(ctx context.Context, tx sql.Tx, hk types.PublicKey, root t
 	}
 
 	// remove sector from host_sectors
-	_, err = tx.Exec(ctx, "DELETE FROM host_sectors WHERE db_sector_id = ?", sectorID)
+	_, err = tx.Exec(ctx, `
+		DELETE FROM host_sectors
+		WHERE db_sector_id = ? AND db_host_id IN (
+			SELECT h.id
+			FROM hosts h
+			WHERE h.public_key = ?
+		)
+	`, sectorID, PublicKey(hk))
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete host sector: %w", err)
 	}