diff --git a/lib/api/objectDelete.js b/lib/api/objectDelete.js
index d2045821bd..b8ec7fb168 100644
--- a/lib/api/objectDelete.js
+++ b/lib/api/objectDelete.js
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ function objectDeleteInternal(authInfo, request, log, isExpiration, cb) {
     const reqVersionId = decodedVidResult;
     const hasGovernanceBypass = hasGovernanceBypassHeader(request.headers);
 
+    // Reassign a specific apiMethod, as monitoring can rely on the
+    // type of cloudserver instance to determine it comes from Backbeat routes.
+    // This is also needed for quota evaluation, where "routeBackbeat" cannot
+    // be used for different operations, such as putObject
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+    request.apiMethod = reqVersionId ? 'objectDeleteVersion' : 'deleteObject';
+
     const valParams = {
         authInfo,
         bucketName,
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/quotas/quotaUtils.js b/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/quotas/quotaUtils.js
index cdb4352ab9..81a286d96a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/quotas/quotaUtils.js
+++ b/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/quotas/quotaUtils.js
@@ -114,6 +114,32 @@ describe('validateQuotas (buckets)', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should not return QuotaExceeded if quotas are exceeded but operation is creating a delete marker', done => {
+        const result1 = {
+            bytesTotal: 150,
+        };
+        const result2 = {
+            bytesTotal: 120,
+        };
+        QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.yields(null, result1);
+        QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.onCall(1).yields(null, result2);
+
+        validateQuotas(request, mockBucket, {}, ['objectDelete'], 'objectDelete', 0, false, mockLog, err => {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            assert.strictEqual(QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.calledOnce, true);
+            assert.strictEqual(QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.calledWith(
+                'bucket',
+                'bucketName_1640995200000',
+                null,
+                {
+                    action: 'objectDelete',
+                    inflight: 0,
+                }
+            ), true);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it('should not return QuotaExceeded if the quotas are exceeded but operation is a delete', done => {
         const result1 = {
             bytesTotal: 150,
@@ -140,6 +166,32 @@ describe('validateQuotas (buckets)', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should not return QuotaExceeded if the quotas are exceeded but operation is a delete with version', done => {
+        const result1 = {
+            bytesTotal: 150,
+        };
+        const result2 = {
+            bytesTotal: 120,
+        };
+        QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.yields(null, result1);
+        QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.onCall(1).yields(null, result2);
+
+        validateQuotas(request, mockBucket, {}, ['objectDelete'], 'objectDeleteVersion', -50, false, mockLog, err => {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            assert.strictEqual(QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.calledOnce, true);
+            assert.strictEqual(QuotaService._getLatestMetricsCallback.calledWith(
+                'bucket',
+                'bucketName_1640995200000',
+                null,
+                {
+                    action: 'objectDelete',
+                    inflight: -50,
+                }
+            ), true);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it('should decrease the inflights by deleting data, and go below 0 to unblock operations', done => {
         const result1 = {
             bytesTotal: 150,