diff --git a/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify.go b/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify.go
index 8cf6a9d4bb..dfeddd0ae6 100644
--- a/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify.go
+++ b/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify.go
@@ -353,26 +353,33 @@ func (v Verify) VerifyIndex(indexPath string, segments []*tsdb.SeriesSegment,
 
 		IDData := ids[id]
 
-		expectedOffset, expectedID := IDData.Offset, id
-		if IDData.Deleted {
-			expectedOffset, expectedID = 0, 0
-		}
-
-		// check both that the offset is right and that we get the right
-		// id for the key
-		if gotOffset := index.FindOffsetByID(id); gotOffset != expectedOffset {
+		if gotDeleted := index.IsDeleted(id); gotDeleted != IDData.Deleted {
 			v.Logger.Error("Index inconsistency",
 				zap.Uint64("id", id),
-				zap.Int64("got_offset", gotOffset),
-				zap.Int64("expected_offset", expectedOffset))
+				zap.Bool("got_deleted", gotDeleted),
+				zap.Bool("expected_deleted", IDData.Deleted))
 			return false, nil
 		}
 
-		if gotID := index.FindIDBySeriesKey(segments, IDData.Key); gotID != expectedID {
+		// do not perform any other checks if the id is deleted.
+		if IDData.Deleted {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// otherwise, check both that the offset is right and that we get the right id for the key
+		if gotOffset := index.FindOffsetByID(id); gotOffset != IDData.Offset {
+			v.Logger.Error("Index inconsistency",
+				zap.Uint64("id", id),
+				zap.Int64("got_offset", gotOffset),
+				zap.Int64("expected_offset", IDData.Offset))
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		if gotID := index.FindIDBySeriesKey(segments, IDData.Key); gotID != id {
 			v.Logger.Error("Index inconsistency",
 				zap.Uint64("id", id),
 				zap.Uint64("got_id", gotID),
-				zap.Uint64("expected_id", expectedID))
+				zap.Uint64("expected_id", id))
 			return false, nil
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify_test.go b/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify_test.go
index c2b0afe61d..cb2f36acc7 100644
--- a/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify_test.go
+++ b/cmd/influx_inspect/verify/seriesfile/verify_test.go
@@ -102,11 +102,16 @@ func NewTest(t *testing.T) *Test {
 			tagsSlice = append(tagsSlice, nil)
 		}
 
-		_, err := seriesFile.CreateSeriesListIfNotExists(names, tagsSlice)
+		ids, err := seriesFile.CreateSeriesListIfNotExists(names, tagsSlice)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// delete one series
+		if err := seriesFile.DeleteSeriesID(ids[0]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		// wait for compaction to make sure we detect issues with the index
 		partitions := seriesFile.Partitions()
 	wait: