diff --git a/tools/cache/reflector_test.go b/tools/cache/reflector_test.go
index e9b14b3a..a56fce6e 100644
--- a/tools/cache/reflector_test.go
+++ b/tools/cache/reflector_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	goruntime "runtime"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1753,6 +1756,152 @@ func TestReflectorListExtract(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReflectorReplacesStoreOnUnsafeDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	mkPod := func(id string, rv string) *v1.Pod {
+		return &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "ns", Name: id, ResourceVersion: rv}}
+	}
+	mkList := func(rv string, pods ...*v1.Pod) *v1.PodList {
+		list := &v1.PodList{ListMeta: metav1.ListMeta{ResourceVersion: rv}}
+		for _, pod := range pods {
+			list.Items = append(list.Items, *pod)
+		}
+		return list
+	}
+	makeStatus := func() *metav1.Status {
+		return &metav1.Status{
+			Status:  metav1.StatusFailure,
+			Code:    http.StatusInternalServerError,
+			Reason:  metav1.StatusReasonStoreReadError,
+			Message: "failed to prepare current and previous objects: corrupt object has been deleted",
+		}
+	}
+
+	// these pods preexist and never get updated/deleted
+	preExisting := mkPod("foo-1", "1")
+	pods := []*v1.Pod{preExisting, mkPod("foo-2", "2"), mkPod("foo-3", "3")}
+	lastExpectedRV := "5"
+	lists := []*v1.PodList{
+		mkList("3", pods...),            // initial list
+		mkList(lastExpectedRV, pods...), // re-list due to watch error
+	}
+	corruptObj := mkPod("foo", "4")
+	events := []watch.Event{
+		{Type: watch.Added, Object: corruptObj},
+		// the object becomes corrupt, and it gets unsafe-deleted, and
+		// watch sends the following Error event, note the RV has
+		// advanced to "5" in the storage due to the delete operation
+		{Type: watch.Error, Object: makeStatus()},
+	}
+
+	s := NewFIFO(MetaNamespaceKeyFunc)
+	var replaceInvoked atomic.Int32
+	store := &fakeStore{
+		Store: s,
+		beforeReplace: func(list []interface{}, rv string) {
+			// interested in the Replace call that happens after the Error event
+			if rv == lastExpectedRV {
+				replaceInvoked.Add(1)
+				_, exists, err := s.Get(corruptObj)
+				if err != nil || !exists {
+					t.Errorf("expected the object to exist in the store, exists: %t, err: %v", exists, err)
+				}
+				_, exists, err = s.Get(preExisting)
+				if err != nil || !exists {
+					t.Errorf("expected the pre-existing object to be in the store, exists: %t, err: %v", exists, err)
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		afterReplace: func(rv string, err error) {
+			if rv == lastExpectedRV {
+				replaceInvoked.Add(1)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected Replace to have succeeded, but got error: %v", err)
+				}
+				_, exists, err := s.Get(corruptObj)
+				if err != nil || exists {
+					t.Errorf("expected the object to have been removed from the store, exists: %t, err: %v", exists, err)
+				}
+				// show that a pre-existing pod is still in the cache
+				_, exists, err = s.Get(preExisting)
+				if err != nil || !exists {
+					t.Errorf("expected the pre-existing object to be in the store, exists: %t, err: %v", exists, err)
+				}
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	var once sync.Once
+	lw := &testLW{
+		WatchFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+			fw := watch.NewFake()
+			go func() {
+				once.Do(func() {
+					for _, e := range events {
+						fw.Action(e.Type, e.Object)
+					}
+				})
+			}()
+			return fw, nil
+		},
+		ListFunc: func(options metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+			var list runtime.Object
+			if len(lists) > 0 {
+				list = lists[0]
+				lists = lists[1:]
+			}
+			return list, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	r := NewReflector(lw, &v1.Pod{}, store, 0)
+	doneCh, stopCh := make(chan struct{}), make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(doneCh)
+		r.Run(stopCh)
+	}()
+
+	// wait for the RV to sync to the version returned by the final list
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+		if rv := r.LastSyncResourceVersion(); rv == lastExpectedRV {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reflector never caught up with expected revision: %q, err: %v", lastExpectedRV, err)
+	}
+
+	if want, got := lastExpectedRV, r.LastSyncResourceVersion(); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("expected LastSyncResourceVersion to be %q, but got: %q", want, got)
+	}
+	if want, got := 2, int(replaceInvoked.Load()); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("expected store Delete hooks to be invoked %d times, but got: %d", want, got)
+	}
+	if want, got := len(pods), len(s.List()); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("expected the store to have %d objects, but got: %d", want, got)
+	}
+
+	close(stopCh)
+	select {
+	case <-doneCh:
+	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
+		t.Errorf("timed out waiting for Run to return")
+	}
+}
+
+type fakeStore struct {
+	Store
+	beforeReplace func(list []interface{}, s string)
+	afterReplace  func(rv string, err error)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeStore) Replace(list []interface{}, rv string) error {
+	f.beforeReplace(list, rv)
+	err := f.Store.Replace(list, rv)
+	f.afterReplace(rv, err)
+	return err
+}
+
 func BenchmarkExtractList(b *testing.B) {
 	_, _, podList := getPodListItems(0, fakeItemsNum)
 	_, _, configMapList := getConfigmapListItems(0, fakeItemsNum)