diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseHapiFhirResourceDao.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseHapiFhirResourceDao.java
index 01a7a9e5ec8..56476f422fd 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseHapiFhirResourceDao.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseHapiFhirResourceDao.java
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ public abstract class BaseHapiFhirResourceDao<T extends IBaseResource> extends B
 
 		T retVal = toResource(myResourceType, entity, null, false);
 
-		if (theForHistory == false) {
+		if (theDeletedOk == false) {
 			if (entity.getDeleted() != null) {
 				throw new ResourceGoneException("Resource was deleted at " + new InstantType(entity.getDeleted()).getValueAsString());
 			}