diff --git a/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go b/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go
index 1db3a01b..55ecdcdf 100644
--- a/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go
+++ b/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go
@@ -295,13 +295,6 @@ func isDeletionDup(a, b *Delta) *Delta {
 	return b
 }
 
-// willObjectBeDeletedLocked returns true only if the last delta for the
-// given object is Delete. Caller must lock first.
-func (f *DeltaFIFO) willObjectBeDeletedLocked(id string) bool {
-	deltas := f.items[id]
-	return len(deltas) > 0 && deltas[len(deltas)-1].Type == Deleted
-}
-
 // queueActionLocked appends to the delta list for the object.
 // Caller must lock first.
 func (f *DeltaFIFO) queueActionLocked(actionType DeltaType, obj interface{}) error {
@@ -310,13 +303,6 @@ func (f *DeltaFIFO) queueActionLocked(actionType DeltaType, obj interface{}) err
 		return KeyError{obj, err}
 	}
 
-	// If object is supposed to be deleted (last event is Deleted),
-	// then we should ignore Sync events, because it would result in
-	// recreation of this object.
-	if actionType == Sync && f.willObjectBeDeletedLocked(id) {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	newDeltas := append(f.items[id], Delta{actionType, obj})
 	newDeltas = dedupDeltas(newDeltas)
 
diff --git a/tools/cache/delta_fifo_test.go b/tools/cache/delta_fifo_test.go
index afe0a5a4..fc8235b4 100644
--- a/tools/cache/delta_fifo_test.go
+++ b/tools/cache/delta_fifo_test.go
@@ -85,6 +85,33 @@ func TestDeltaFIFO_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestDeltaFIFO_replaceWithDeleteDeltaIn tests that a `Sync` delta for an
+// object `O` with ID `X` is added when .Replace is called and `O` is among the
+// replacement objects even if the DeltaFIFO already stores in terminal position
+// a delta of type `Delete` for ID `X`. Not adding the `Sync` delta causes
+// SharedIndexInformers to miss `O`'s create notification, see https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/83810
+// for more details.
+func TestDeltaFIFO_replaceWithDeleteDeltaIn(t *testing.T) {
+	oldObj := mkFifoObj("foo", 1)
+	newObj := mkFifoObj("foo", 2)
+
+	f := NewDeltaFIFO(testFifoObjectKeyFunc, keyLookupFunc(func() []testFifoObject {
+		return []testFifoObject{oldObj}
+	}))
+
+	f.Delete(oldObj)
+	f.Replace([]interface{}{newObj}, "")
+
+	actualDeltas := Pop(f)
+	expectedDeltas := Deltas{
+		Delta{Type: Deleted, Object: oldObj},
+		Delta{Type: Sync, Object: newObj},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedDeltas, actualDeltas) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %#v, got %#v", expectedDeltas, actualDeltas)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDeltaFIFO_requeueOnPop(t *testing.T) {
 	f := NewDeltaFIFO(testFifoObjectKeyFunc, nil)