diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
index 4d4ae72e3..17923d3c7 100644
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, const char *local_name)
 		write_ndx(f_out, NDX_DONE);
 
 	if (protocol_version >= 31 && EARLY_DELETE_DONE_MSG()) {
-		if ((INFO_GTE(STATS, 2) && (delete_mode || force_delete)) || read_batch)
+		if (delete_mode || force_delete || read_batch)
 			write_del_stats(f_out);
 		if (EARLY_DELAY_DONE_MSG()) /* Can't send this before delay */
 			write_ndx(f_out, NDX_DONE);
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, const char *local_name)
 
 	if (protocol_version >= 31) {
 		if (!EARLY_DELETE_DONE_MSG()) {
-			if (INFO_GTE(STATS, 2) || read_batch)
+			if (delete_mode || force_delete || read_batch)
 				write_del_stats(f_out);
 			write_ndx(f_out, NDX_DONE);
 		}
diff --git a/testsuite/daemon-delete-stats_test.py b/testsuite/daemon-delete-stats_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91d43accb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/daemon-delete-stats_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Daemon upload delete stats report deleted files."""
+
+import subprocess
+
+from rsyncfns import (
+    FROMDIR, TODIR,
+    build_rsyncd_conf, makepath, rmtree, rsync_argv, start_test_daemon,
+    test_fail,
+)
+
+
+DAEMON_PORT = 12899
+
+src = FROMDIR
+dst = TODIR
+
+rmtree(src)
+rmtree(dst)
+makepath(src, dst)
+
+(src / 'keep.txt').write_text("keep\n")
+(dst / 'keep.txt').write_text("keep\n")
+(dst / 'delete.txt').write_text("delete\n")
+
+url = start_test_daemon(build_rsyncd_conf(), DAEMON_PORT)
+
+proc = subprocess.run(
+    rsync_argv('-a', '--delete', '-i', '--stats', f'{src}/', f'{url}test-to/'),
+    capture_output=True,
+    text=True,
+)
+out = proc.stdout + proc.stderr
+print(out)
+
+if proc.returncode != 0:
+    test_fail(f"daemon upload delete run exited {proc.returncode}")
+
+if '*deleting   delete.txt' not in out:
+    test_fail(f"daemon upload did not itemize the deleted file:\n{out}")
+
+if 'Number of deleted files: 1 (reg: 1)' not in out:
+    test_fail(f"daemon upload did not report the deleted file in stats:\n{out}")