diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MissingStdForwardCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MissingStdForwardCheck.cpp
index 370de12999ace..c633683570f74 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MissingStdForwardCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/MissingStdForwardCheck.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ void MissingStdForwardCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
                   hasAncestor(functionDecl().bind("func")),
                   hasAncestor(functionDecl(
                       isDefinition(), equalsBoundNode("func"), ToParam,
-                      unless(hasDescendant(std::move(ForwardCallMatcher)))))),
+                      unless(anyOf(isDeleted(), hasDescendant(std::move(
+                                                    ForwardCallMatcher))))))),
       this);
 }
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 69537964f9bce..3f90e7d63d6b2 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ Changes in existing checks
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/unused-local-non-trivial-variable>` check by
   ignoring local variable with ``[maybe_unused]`` attribute.
 
+- Improved :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-missing-std-forward
+  <clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/missing-std-forward>` check by no longer
+  giving false positives for deleted functions.
+
 - Cleaned up :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-prefer-member-initializer
   <clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/prefer-member-initializer>`
   by removing enforcement of rule `C.48
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/missing-std-forward.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/missing-std-forward.cpp
index 443f338ba2046..20e43f04180ff 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/missing-std-forward.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/missing-std-forward.cpp
@@ -173,3 +173,18 @@ void lambda_value_reference_auxiliary_var(T&& t) {
 }
 
 } // namespace negative_cases
+
+namespace deleted_functions {
+
+template <typename T>
+void f(T &&) = delete;
+
+struct S {
+    template <typename T>
+    S(T &&) = delete;
+
+    template <typename T>
+    void operator&(T &&) = delete;
+};
+
+} // namespace deleted_functions