diff --git a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
index f51188fcc..fdce296c4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
@@ -236,7 +236,13 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
         return unless api_request?
       end
     end
-    @issues.each(&:destroy)
+    @issues.each do |issue|
+      begin
+        issue.reload.destroy
+      rescue ::ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound # raised by #reload if issue no longer exists
+        # nothing to do, issue was already deleted (eg. by a parent)
+      end
+    end
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_back_or_default(:action => 'index', :project_id => @project) }
       format.api  { head :ok }
diff --git a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
index ed81597da..da25ac063 100644
--- a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
@@ -1323,6 +1323,18 @@ class IssuesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert !(Issue.find_by_id(1) || Issue.find_by_id(2) || Issue.find_by_id(6))
   end
   
+  def test_destroy_parent_and_child_issues
+    parent = Issue.generate!(:project_id => 1, :tracker_id => 1)
+    child = Issue.generate!(:project_id => 1, :tracker_id => 1, :parent_issue_id => parent.id)
+    assert child.is_descendant_of?(parent.reload)
+    
+    @request.session[:user_id] = 2
+    assert_difference 'Issue.count', -2 do
+      post :destroy, :ids => [parent.id, child.id], :todo => 'destroy'
+    end
+    assert_response 302
+  end
+  
   def test_default_search_scope
     get :index
     assert_tag :div, :attributes => {:id => 'quick-search'},