diff --git a/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go b/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go
index 7dd647e89..cbd32318b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/wait/wait.go
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ func (o *WaitOptions) RunWait() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	visitor := o.ResourceFinder.Do()
-	if visitor, ok := visitor.(*resource.Result); ok && strings.ToLower(o.ForCondition) == "delete" {
+	isForDelete := strings.ToLower(o.ForCondition) == "delete"
+	if visitor, ok := visitor.(*resource.Result); ok && isForDelete {
 		visitor.IgnoreErrors(apierrors.IsNotFound)
 	}
 
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ func (o *WaitOptions) RunWait() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if visitCount == 0 {
+	if visitCount == 0 && !isForDelete {
 		return errNoMatchingResources
 	}
 	return err
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go b/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go
index 5eee26bea..b167834bc 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/wait/wait_test.go
@@ -985,15 +985,7 @@ func TestWaitForDeletionIgnoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	listMapping := map[schema.GroupVersionResource]string{
 		{Group: "group", Version: "version", Resource: "theresource"}: "TheKindList",
 	}
-	infos := []*resource.Info{
-		{
-			Mapping: &meta.RESTMapping{
-				Resource: schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "group", Version: "version", Resource: "theresource"},
-			},
-			Name:      "name-foo",
-			Namespace: "ns-foo",
-		},
-	}
+	infos := []*resource.Info{}
 	fakeClient := dynamicfakeclient.NewSimpleDynamicClientWithCustomListKinds(scheme, listMapping)
 
 	o := &WaitOptions{