diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualDocumentAspect.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualDocumentAspect.java
index 9e05a10b11..4d4b676334 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualDocumentAspect.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/MultilingualDocumentAspect.java
@@ -128,8 +128,15 @@ public class MultilingualDocumentAspect implements
      */
     public void beforeDeleteNode(NodeRef nodeRef)
     {
-        // First unhook it
-        multilingualContentService.unmakeTranslation(nodeRef);
+        if (nodeService.hasAspect(nodeRef, ContentModel.ASPECT_MULTILINGUAL_EMPTY_TRANSLATION))
+        {
+            // We just let it get deleted
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // First unhook it
+            multilingualContentService.unmakeTranslation(nodeRef);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/tools/EmptyTranslationAspectTest.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/tools/EmptyTranslationAspectTest.java
index 03cde1fbfb..82d462ffb1 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/tools/EmptyTranslationAspectTest.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/model/ml/tools/EmptyTranslationAspectTest.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class EmptyTranslationAspectTest extends AbstractMultilingualTestCases {
         
         empty = multilingualContentService.addEmptyTranslation(pivot, "empty_" + System.currentTimeMillis(), Locale.CHINESE);
         
+        nodeService.getParentAssocs(empty);
         nodeService.deleteNode(empty);
         
         // Ensure that the empty translation is removed from the workspace