diff --git a/kv/urm.go b/kv/urm.go
index 358c37a394..124e4aec7a 100644
--- a/kv/urm.go
+++ b/kv/urm.go
@@ -126,14 +126,39 @@ func userResourceMappingPredicate(filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter) Cur
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Service) findUserResourceMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter) ([]*influxdb.UserResourceMapping, error) {
+type urmFindOptions struct {
+	skipKeys map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+type urmFindOption func(*urmFindOptions)
+
+func (f *urmFindOptions) skip(key string) (skip bool) {
+	if f.skipKeys == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	_, skip = f.skipKeys[key]
+	return
+}
+
+func withSkipKey(key string) urmFindOption {
+	return func(o *urmFindOptions) {
+		if o.skipKeys == nil {
+			o.skipKeys = map[string]struct{}{}
+		}
+
+		o.skipKeys[key] = struct{}{}
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Service) findUserResourceMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter, opts ...urmFindOption) ([]*influxdb.UserResourceMapping, error) {
 	ms := []*influxdb.UserResourceMapping{}
 	pred := userResourceMappingPredicate(filter)
 	filterFn := filterMappingsFn(filter)
 	// if we are given a user id we should try finding by index
 	if filter.UserID.Valid() {
 		var err error
-		ms, err = s.findUserResourceMappingsByIndex(ctx, tx, filter)
+		ms, err = s.findUserResourceMappingsByIndex(ctx, tx, filter, opts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -166,9 +191,16 @@ func (s *Service) findUserResourceMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter in
 	return ms, err
 }
 
-func (s *Service) findUserResourceMappingsByIndex(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter) ([]*influxdb.UserResourceMapping, error) {
-	ms := []*influxdb.UserResourceMapping{}
-	filterFn := filterMappingsFn(filter)
+func (s *Service) findUserResourceMappingsByIndex(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter, opts ...urmFindOption) ([]*influxdb.UserResourceMapping, error) {
+	var (
+		ms       = []*influxdb.UserResourceMapping{}
+		filterFn = filterMappingsFn(filter)
+		options  = urmFindOptions{}
+	)
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(&options)
+	}
 
 	bkt, err := tx.Bucket(urmBucket)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -195,6 +227,11 @@ func (s *Service) findUserResourceMappingsByIndex(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, fi
 	}
 
 	for k, v := cursor.Next(); k != nil && v != nil; k, v = cursor.Next() {
+		// step over skip keys
+		if options.skip(string(v)) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		nv, err := bkt.Get(v)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, &influxdb.Error{
@@ -426,17 +463,24 @@ func (s *Service) DeleteUserResourceMapping(ctx context.Context, resourceID infl
 		}
 
 		if m.ResourceType == influxdb.OrgsResourceType {
-			return s.deleteOrgDependentMappings(ctx, tx, m)
+			key, err := userResourceKey(m)
+			if err != nil {
+				// I'm not super concerned that we will get here.  We know this is a valid resource
+				// because we've just found it above.  Me of the future... if this was a problem,
+				// sorry.
+				return err
+			}
+			return s.deleteOrgDependentMappings(ctx, tx, m, withSkipKey(string(key)))
 		}
 
 		return nil
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *Service) deleteUserResourceMapping(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter) error {
+func (s *Service) deleteUserResourceMapping(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter influxdb.UserResourceMappingFilter, opts ...urmFindOption) error {
 	// TODO(goller): do we really need to find here? Seems like a Get is
 	// good enough.
-	ms, err := s.findUserResourceMappings(ctx, tx, filter)
+	ms, err := s.findUserResourceMappings(ctx, tx, filter, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -527,7 +571,7 @@ func (s *Service) deleteUserResourceMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, filter
 }
 
 // This method deletes the user/resource mappings for resources that belong to an organization.
-func (s *Service) deleteOrgDependentMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, m *influxdb.UserResourceMapping) error {
+func (s *Service) deleteOrgDependentMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, m *influxdb.UserResourceMapping, opts ...urmFindOption) error {
 	bf := influxdb.BucketFilter{OrganizationID: &m.ResourceID}
 	bs, err := s.findBuckets(ctx, tx, bf)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -540,7 +584,7 @@ func (s *Service) deleteOrgDependentMappings(ctx context.Context, tx Tx, m *infl
 			UserID:       m.UserID,
 		}
 
-		if err := s.deleteUserResourceMapping(ctx, tx, filter); err != nil {
+		if err := s.deleteUserResourceMapping(ctx, tx, filter, opts...); err != nil {
 			if influxdb.ErrorCode(err) == influxdb.ENotFound {
 				s.log.Info("URM bucket is missing", zap.Stringer("orgID", m.ResourceID))
 				continue
diff --git a/testing/user_service.go b/testing/user_service.go
index 1bee2286b6..1e4403772b 100644
--- a/testing/user_service.go
+++ b/testing/user_service.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	userOneID   = "020f755c3c082000"
-	userTwoID   = "020f755c3c082001"
-	userThreeID = "020f755c3c082002"
+	userOneID   = "020f755c3c084000"
+	userTwoID   = "020f755c3c084001"
+	userThreeID = "020f755c3c084002"
 )
 
 var userCmpOptions = cmp.Options{