diff --git a/src/cluster/shard.go b/src/cluster/shard.go
index 5efc805220..2b923cff7f 100644
--- a/src/cluster/shard.go
+++ b/src/cluster/shard.go
@@ -293,10 +293,14 @@ func (self *ShardData) logAndHandleDropSeriesQuery(querySpec *parser.QuerySpec,
 }
 
 func (self *ShardData) LogAndHandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec *parser.QuerySpec, request *p.Request, response chan *p.Response, runLocalOnly bool) error {
-	requestNumber, err := self.wal.AssignSequenceNumbersAndLog(request, self)
+	_, err := self.wal.AssignSequenceNumbersAndLog(request, self)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	return self.HandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec, request, response, runLocalOnly)
+}
+
+func (self *ShardData) HandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec *parser.QuerySpec, request *p.Request, response chan *p.Response, runLocalOnly bool) error {
 	var localResponses chan *p.Response
 	if self.localShard != nil {
 		localResponses = make(chan *p.Response, 1)
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ func (self *ShardData) LogAndHandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec *parser.QuerySpec,
 			for {
 				res := <-responseChan
 				if *res.Type == endStreamResponse {
-					self.wal.Commit(requestNumber, self.clusterServers[i].Id)
+					self.wal.Commit(request.GetRequestNumber(), self.clusterServers[i].Id)
 					break
 				}
 				response <- res
@@ -335,7 +339,7 @@ func (self *ShardData) LogAndHandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec *parser.QuerySpec,
 		for {
 			res := <-localResponses
 			if *res.Type == endStreamResponse {
-				self.wal.Commit(requestNumber, self.localServerId)
+				self.wal.Commit(request.GetRequestNumber(), self.localServerId)
 				break
 			}
 			response <- res
diff --git a/src/coordinator/protobuf_request_handler.go b/src/coordinator/protobuf_request_handler.go
index c12b9f0d0d..b682909904 100644
--- a/src/coordinator/protobuf_request_handler.go
+++ b/src/coordinator/protobuf_request_handler.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (self *ProtobufRequestHandler) handleQuery(request *protocol.Request, conn
 
 	responseChan := make(chan *protocol.Response)
 	if querySpec.IsDestructiveQuery() {
-		go shard.LogAndHandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec, request, responseChan, true)
+		go shard.HandleDestructiveQuery(querySpec, request, responseChan, true)
 	} else {
 		go shard.Query(querySpec, responseChan)
 	}
diff --git a/src/integration/server_test.go b/src/integration/server_test.go
index 36840e8ad5..4265a07be1 100644
--- a/src/integration/server_test.go
+++ b/src/integration/server_test.go
@@ -718,6 +718,10 @@ func (self *ServerSuite) TestRelogging(c *C) {
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Second) // wait for data to get replicated
 
+	self.serverProcesses[0].Query("full_rep", "delete from test_relogging", false, c)
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
 	for _, server := range self.serverProcesses[1:] {
 		err := server.doesWalExist()
 		c.Assert(os.IsNotExist(err), Equals, true)