diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/topic_delete_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/topic_delete_test.py
index a98524ad9bb2c..336360f59126b 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/topic_delete_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/topic_delete_test.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from rptest.services.redpanda import CloudStorageType, SISettings
 from rptest.util import wait_for_local_storage_truncate, firewall_blocked
 from rptest.services.admin import Admin
+from rptest.tests.partition_movement import PartitionMovementMixin
 
 
 def get_kvstore_topic_key_counts(redpanda):
@@ -246,6 +247,112 @@ def topic_deleted_on_all_nodes_except_one(redpanda, down_node,
             raise
 
 
+class TopicDeleteAfterMovementTest(RedpandaTest):
+    """
+    Verify that topic deleted after partition movement.
+    """
+    partition_count = 3
+    topics = (TopicSpec(partition_count=partition_count), )
+
+    def __init__(self, test_context):
+        super(TopicDeleteAfterMovementTest,
+              self).__init__(test_context=test_context, num_brokers=4)
+
+        self.kafka_tools = KafkaCliTools(self.redpanda)
+
+    def movement_done(self, partition, assignments):
+        results = []
+        for n in self.redpanda._started:
+            info = self.admin.get_partitions(self.topic, partition, node=n)
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"current assignments for {self.topic}-{partition}: {info}")
+            converged = PartitionMovementMixin._equal_assignments(
+                info["replicas"], assignments)
+            results.append(converged and info["status"] == "done")
+        return all(results)
+
+    def move_topic(self, assignments):
+        for partition in range(3):
+
+            def get_nodes(partition):
+                return list(r['node_id'] for r in partition['replicas'])
+
+            nodes_before = set(
+                get_nodes(self.admin.get_partitions(self.topic, partition)))
+            nodes_after = {r['node_id'] for r in assignments}
+            if nodes_before == nodes_after:
+                continue
+            self.admin.set_partition_replicas(self.topic, partition,
+                                              assignments)
+
+            wait_until(lambda: self.movement_done(partition, assignments),
+                       timeout_sec=60,
+                       backoff_sec=2)
+
+    @cluster(num_nodes=4, log_allow_list=[r'filesystem error: remove failed'])
+    def topic_delete_orphan_files_after_move_test(self):
+
+        # Write out 10MB per partition
+        self.kafka_tools.produce(self.topic,
+                                 record_size=4096,
+                                 num_records=2560 * self.partition_count)
+
+        self.admin = Admin(self.redpanda)
+
+        # Move every partition to nodes 1,2,3
+        assignments = [dict(node_id=n, core=0) for n in [1, 2, 3]]
+        self.move_topic(assignments)
+
+        down_node = self.redpanda.nodes[0]
+        try:
+            # Make topic directory immutable to prevent deleting
+            down_node.account.ssh(
+                f"chattr +i {self.redpanda.DATA_DIR}/kafka/{self.topic}")
+
+            # Move every partition from node 1 to node 4
+            new_assignments = [dict(node_id=n, core=0) for n in [2, 3, 4]]
+            self.move_topic(new_assignments)
+
+            def topic_exist_on_every_node(redpanda, topic_name):
+                storage = redpanda.storage()
+                exist_on_every = all(
+                    map(lambda n: topic_name in n.ns["kafka"].topics,
+                        storage.nodes))
+                return exist_on_every
+
+            wait_until(
+                lambda: topic_exist_on_every_node(self.redpanda, self.topic),
+                timeout_sec=30,
+                backoff_sec=2,
+                err_msg="Topic doesn't exist on some node")
+
+            self.redpanda.stop_node(down_node)
+        finally:
+            down_node.account.ssh(
+                f"chattr -i {self.redpanda.DATA_DIR}/kafka/{self.topic}")
+
+        self.redpanda.start_node(down_node)
+
+        def topic_deleted_on_down_node_and_exist_on_others(
+                redpanda, down_node, topic_name):
+            storage = redpanda.storage()
+            log_removed_on_down = topic_name not in next(
+                filter(lambda x: x.name == down_node.name,
+                       storage.nodes)).ns["kafka"].topics
+            logs_not_removed_on_others = all(
+                map(lambda n: topic_name in n.ns["kafka"].topics,
+                    filter(lambda x: x.name != down_node.name, storage.nodes)))
+            return log_removed_on_down and logs_not_removed_on_others
+
+        wait_until(
+            lambda: topic_deleted_on_down_node_and_exist_on_others(
+                self.redpanda, down_node, self.topic),
+            timeout_sec=30,
+            backoff_sec=2,
+            err_msg=
+            "Topic storage was not removed on down node or removed on other")
+
+
 class TopicDeleteCloudStorageTest(RedpandaTest):
     partition_count = 3
     topics = (TopicSpec(partition_count=partition_count,