diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-delete_db_issue b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-delete_db_issue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e6d1a371c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-delete_db_issue
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+Comment: Partial rollback of an earlier PR.
+
+
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/DataSynchronizer.php b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/DataSynchronizer.php
index 770d232dfeb..c559b251703 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/DataSynchronizer.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/DataStores/Orders/DataSynchronizer.php
@@ -667,10 +667,12 @@ ORDER BY orders.id ASC
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if ( ! $this->get_table_exists() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if ( $this->data_sync_is_enabled() ) {
-			if ( $this->get_table_exists() ) {
-				$this->data_store->delete_order_data_from_custom_order_tables( $postid );
-			}
+			$this->data_store->delete_order_data_from_custom_order_tables( $postid );
 		} elseif ( $this->custom_orders_table_is_authoritative() ) {
 			return;
 		}