diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMRepository.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMRepository.java
index 8c0bad1b79..e1d4c93d27 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMRepository.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMRepository.java
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ public class AVMRepository
             }
             fLookupCache.onWrite(pathParts[0]);
             // Just force a copy if needed by looking up in write mode.
-            Lookup lPath = store.lookup(-1, pathParts[1], true, false);
+            Lookup lPath = store.lookup(-1, pathParts[1], true, true);
             if (lPath == null)
             {
                 throw new AVMNotFoundException("Path not found.");
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java
index bcad2ab7d3..389473d47d 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/AVMServiceTest.java
@@ -84,6 +84,23 @@ import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
  */
 public class AVMServiceTest extends AVMServiceTestBase
 {
+    public void testForceCopyDeleted()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            setupBasicTree();
+            fService.removeNode("main:/a/b/c/foo");   
+            fService.createSnapshot("main", null, null);
+            AVMNodeDescriptor desc = fService.forceCopy("main:/a/b/c/foo");
+            assertTrue(desc.isDeleted());
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            fail();
+        }
+    }
+    
     public void testLayerSnapshots()
     {
         try
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/DeletedNodeImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/DeletedNodeImpl.java
index 340dc06f27..6bdf04600c 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/DeletedNodeImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/DeletedNodeImpl.java
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ public class DeletedNodeImpl extends AVMNodeImpl implements DeletedNode
         return fDeletedType;
     }
     
+    // TODO What happens when this is called? Does it muck anything up.
     /**
-     * This should never be called.
+     * This is only called rarely.
      */
     public AVMNode copy(Lookup lPath)
     {