diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.new.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.new.js
index 33ed1b5c95ce7..a86f580825f2f 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.new.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.new.js
@@ -1964,6 +1964,10 @@ function commitMutationEffects_begin(
     if (deletions !== null) {
       for (let i = 0; i < deletions.length; i++) {
         const childToDelete = deletions[i];
+        // When deleting a host node, we follow the return path to find the
+        // neartest mounted host parent. Which means the return pointer of
+        // the deleted tree must be correct.
+        childToDelete.return = fiber;
         if (__DEV__) {
           invokeGuardedCallback(
             null,
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.old.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.old.js
index 7574eb4fd3d3c..ff9cfb5f01c3b 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.old.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCommitWork.old.js
@@ -1964,6 +1964,10 @@ function commitMutationEffects_begin(
     if (deletions !== null) {
       for (let i = 0; i < deletions.length; i++) {
         const childToDelete = deletions[i];
+        // When deleting a host node, we follow the return path to find the
+        // neartest mounted host parent. Which means the return pointer of
+        // the deleted tree must be correct.
+        childToDelete.return = fiber;
         if (__DEV__) {
           invokeGuardedCallback(
             null,