diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/internal/XmlReaderContentHandler.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/internal/XmlReaderContentHandler.java
index 2d36ac174d81f83f2ffb58d4436cd28a55ee5f7c..eb159c6598aa0d7bc922a6b39f35c93e98c1c8f7 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/internal/XmlReaderContentHandler.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/rowset/internal/XmlReaderContentHandler.java
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ public class XmlReaderContentHandler extends DefaultHandler {
                     rs.next();
                     rs.setOriginalRow();
                     applyUpdates();
+                    rs.deleteRow();
                 } catch (SQLException ex) {
                     throw new SAXException(MessageFormat.format(resBundle.handleGetObject("xmlrch.errdel").toString() , ex.getMessage()));
                 }