diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge_prolly_rows.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge_prolly_rows.go
index f57a80b9c4..7ef7abe070 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge_prolly_rows.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge_prolly_rows.go
@@ -403,29 +403,32 @@ func newCheckValidator(ctx *sql.Context, tm *TableMerger, vm *valueMerger, sch s
 func (cv checkValidator) validateDiff(ctx *sql.Context, diff tree.ThreeWayDiff) (int, error) {
 	conflictCount := 0
 
+	var valueTuple val.Tuple
+	var valueDesc val.TupleDesc
+
+	switch diff.Op {
+	case tree.DiffOpLeftDelete, tree.DiffOpRightDelete, tree.DiffOpConvergentDelete:
+		// no need to validate check constraints for deletes
+		return 0, nil
+	case tree.DiffOpDivergentDeleteConflict, tree.DiffOpDivergentModifyConflict:
+		// Don't bother validating divergent conflicts, just let them get reported as conflicts
+		return 0, nil
+	case tree.DiffOpLeftAdd, tree.DiffOpLeftModify:
+		valueTuple = diff.Left
+		valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.leftSch.GetValueDescriptor()
+	case tree.DiffOpRightAdd, tree.DiffOpRightModify:
+		valueTuple = diff.Right
+		valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.rightSch.GetValueDescriptor()
+	case tree.DiffOpConvergentAdd, tree.DiffOpConvergentModify:
+		// both sides made the same change, just take the left
+		valueTuple = diff.Left
+		valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.leftSch.GetValueDescriptor()
+	case tree.DiffOpDivergentModifyResolved:
+		valueTuple = diff.Merged
+		valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.leftSch.GetValueDescriptor()
+	}
+
 	for checkName, checkExpression := range cv.checkExpressions {
-		var valueTuple val.Tuple
-		var valueDesc val.TupleDesc
-
-		switch diff.Op {
-		case tree.DiffOpLeftAdd, tree.DiffOpLeftDelete, tree.DiffOpLeftModify:
-			valueTuple = diff.Left
-			valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.leftSch.GetValueDescriptor()
-		case tree.DiffOpRightAdd, tree.DiffOpRightDelete, tree.DiffOpRightModify:
-			valueTuple = diff.Right
-			valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.rightSch.GetValueDescriptor()
-		case tree.DiffOpConvergentAdd, tree.DiffOpConvergentDelete, tree.DiffOpConvergentModify:
-			// both sides made the same change, just take the left
-			valueTuple = diff.Left
-			valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.leftSch.GetValueDescriptor()
-		case tree.DiffOpDivergentModifyResolved:
-			valueTuple = diff.Merged
-			valueDesc = cv.tableMerger.leftSch.GetValueDescriptor()
-		case tree.DiffOpDivergentDeleteConflict, tree.DiffOpDivergentModifyConflict:
-			// Don't bother validating divergent conflicts, just let them get reported as conflicts
-			return 0, nil
-		}
-
 		// If the row came from the right side of the merge, then remap it (if necessary) to the final schema.
 		// This isn't necessary for left-side changes, because we already migrated the primary index data to
 		// the merged schema, and we skip keyless tables, since their value tuples require different mapping
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries_merge.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries_merge.go
index 719243ee6f..623306d820 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries_merge.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries_merge.go
@@ -4381,6 +4381,27 @@ var ThreeWayMergeWithSchemaChangeTestScripts = []MergeScriptTest{
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name: "check constraint violation - deleting rows",
+		AncSetUpScript: []string{
+			"set autocommit = 0;",
+			"CREATE table t (pk int primary key, col1 int, col2 int, col3 int, CHECK (col2 != col3));",
+			"INSERT into t values (1, 2, 3, -3);",
+			"alter table t add index idx1 (pk, col2);",
+		},
+		RightSetUpScript: []string{
+			"delete from t where pk=1;",
+		},
+		LeftSetUpScript: []string{
+			"insert into t values (4, 3, 2, 1);",
+		},
+		Assertions: []queries.ScriptTestAssertion{
+			{
+				Query:    "call dolt_merge('right');",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{{0, 0x0}},
+			},
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		Name: "check constraint violation - divergent edits",
 		AncSetUpScript: []string{