diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/CascadeActions.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/CascadeActions.pm
index 6b5b40310..9b4647bc5 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/CascadeActions.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/CascadeActions.pm
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ sub delete {
   if (@cascade) {
     my $guard = $source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
 
-    my $ret = $self->next::method(@rest);
-
     foreach my $rel (@cascade) {
       if( my $rel_rs = eval{ $self->search_related($rel) } ) {
         $rel_rs->delete_all;
@@ -35,6 +33,8 @@ sub delete {
       }
     }
 
+    my $ret = $self->next::method(@rest);
+
     $guard->commit;
     return $ret;
   }
diff --git a/t/delete/cascade_perl.t b/t/delete/cascade_perl.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7923414d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/delete/cascade_perl.t
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Exception;
+
+use lib qw(t/lib);
+use DBICTest;
+
+plan tests => 5;
+
+my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema();
+
+$schema->storage->dbh->do("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON");
+
+my $artist_rs = $schema->resultset("Artist");
+my $map_rs    = $schema->resultset("ArtistUndirectedMap");
+
+my $artist1 = $artist_rs->create({});
+my $artist2 = $artist_rs->create({});
+
+$map_rs->create({id1 => $artist1->id, id2 => $artist2->id});
+
+my $count1 = $map_rs->search({id1 => $artist1->id})->count;
+is($count1, 1, "Have a count of artist1");
+
+# disable perl cascade
+my $rel = $artist1->result_source->relationship_info('artist_undirected_maps');
+$rel->{attrs}{cascade_delete} = 0;
+
+# This must fail, or the DB is doing cascade deletes
+my $db_cascade = eval { $artist1->delete; 1; };
+
+SKIP: {
+  skip "Database is performing cascade so test is pointless", 3
+    if $db_cascade;
+
+  # check both artists are still in database after a failed delete
+  ok($artist1->in_storage, "Artist1 is still in storage");
+  ok($artist2->in_storage, "Artist2 is still in storage");
+
+  # perform cascade delete in perl
+  $rel->{attrs}{cascade_delete} = 1;
+  $artist1->delete;
+
+  my $after = $map_rs->search({id1 => $artist1->id})->count;
+  is($after, 0,  "map rows got deleted");
+
+  ok(!$artist1->in_storage, "Artist1 is not in storage");
+}