diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseOverwriteFiles.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseOverwriteFiles.java
index 06cca61fa7fa..3dd8cad11d90 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseOverwriteFiles.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseOverwriteFiles.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class BaseOverwriteFiles extends MergingSnapshotProducer<OverwriteFiles>
   private Long startingSnapshotId = null;
   private Expression conflictDetectionFilter = null;
   private boolean validateNewDataFiles = false;
-  private boolean validateNewDeleteFiles = false;
+  private boolean validateNewDeletes = false;
 
   protected BaseOverwriteFiles(String tableName, TableOperations ops) {
     super(tableName, ops);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public OverwriteFiles validateNoConflictingData() {
 
   @Override
   public OverwriteFiles validateNoConflictingDeletes() {
-    this.validateNewDeleteFiles = true;
+    this.validateNewDeletes = true;
     failMissingDeletePaths();
     return this;
   }
@@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ protected void validate(TableMetadata base) {
       validateAddedDataFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, dataConflictDetectionFilter());
     }
 
-    if (validateNewDeleteFiles) {
+    if (validateNewDeletes) {
       if (rowFilter() != Expressions.alwaysFalse()) {
         Expression filter = conflictDetectionFilter != null ? conflictDetectionFilter : rowFilter();
         validateNoNewDeleteFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, filter);
+        validateDeletedDataFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, filter);
       }
 
       if (deletedDataFiles.size() > 0) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestOverwriteWithValidation.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestOverwriteWithValidation.java
index c431c78a2b9c..1938ddddc649 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestOverwriteWithValidation.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestOverwriteWithValidation.java
@@ -747,6 +747,60 @@ public void testConcurrentConflictingPositionDeletesOverwriteByFilter() {
         overwrite::commit);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testConcurrentConflictingDataFileDeleteOverwriteByFilter() {
+    Assert.assertNull("Should be empty table", table.currentSnapshot());
+
+    table.newAppend()
+        .appendFile(FILE_DAY_1)
+        .appendFile(FILE_DAY_2)
+        .commit();
+
+    Snapshot firstSnapshot = table.currentSnapshot();
+
+    OverwriteFiles overwrite = table.newOverwrite()
+        .overwriteByRowFilter(EXPRESSION_DAY_2)
+        .addFile(FILE_DAY_2_MODIFIED)
+        .validateFromSnapshot(firstSnapshot.snapshotId())
+        .validateNoConflictingData()
+        .validateNoConflictingDeletes();
+
+    table.newOverwrite()
+        .deleteFile(FILE_DAY_2)
+        .commit();
+
+    AssertHelpers.assertThrows("Should reject commit",
+        ValidationException.class, "Found conflicting deleted files",
+        overwrite::commit);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConcurrentNonConflictingDataFileDeleteOverwriteByFilter() {
+    Assert.assertNull("Should be empty table", table.currentSnapshot());
+
+    table.newAppend()
+        .appendFile(FILE_DAY_1)
+        .appendFile(FILE_DAY_2)
+        .commit();
+
+    Snapshot firstSnapshot = table.currentSnapshot();
+
+    OverwriteFiles overwrite = table.newOverwrite()
+        .overwriteByRowFilter(EXPRESSION_DAY_2)
+        .addFile(FILE_DAY_2_MODIFIED)
+        .validateFromSnapshot(firstSnapshot.snapshotId())
+        .validateNoConflictingData()
+        .validateNoConflictingDeletes();
+
+    table.newOverwrite()
+        .deleteFile(FILE_DAY_1)
+        .commit();
+
+    overwrite.commit();
+
+    validateTableFiles(table, FILE_DAY_2_MODIFIED);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testConcurrentNonConflictingPositionDeletes() {
     Assume.assumeTrue(formatVersion == 2);