diff --git a/internal/dns/pdns/client.go b/internal/dns/pdns/client.go
index 1c48cbd..023ecdd 100644
--- a/internal/dns/pdns/client.go
+++ b/internal/dns/pdns/client.go
@@ -596,9 +596,16 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteRecordSet(ctx context.Context, zone dnsv1alpha1.DNSZone,
 	targets := make(map[string]struct{}, len(recordSet.Spec.Records))
 	for i := range recordSet.Spec.Records {
 		qualified := ownername.Qualify(recordSet.Spec.Records[i].Name, zoneName)
-		if _, found := existing[rrsetKey{name: qualified, typ: recordType}]; found {
-			targets[qualified] = struct{}{}
+		current, found := existing[rrsetKey{name: qualified, typ: recordType}]
+		if !found {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Another record set rewrote this name after this one did, and still
+		// asks for it, so the name is no longer this record set's to delete.
+		if owner := rrsetOwnerRef(current); owner != "" && owner != ownerRef {
+			continue
 		}
+		targets[qualified] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
 	// Owner names this record set wrote that its spec no longer mentions.
diff --git a/internal/dns/pdns/pdns_test.go b/internal/dns/pdns/pdns_test.go
index 57397dd..2d31dba 100644
--- a/internal/dns/pdns/pdns_test.go
+++ b/internal/dns/pdns/pdns_test.go
@@ -1330,6 +1330,47 @@ func TestDeleteRecordSet_DeletesSpecAndOwnedNamesInOnePatch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Two record sets of one type can list the same name. The later writer's
+// ownership comment says the name is now its own, so deleting the earlier
+// record set must leave that name in place (#188).
+func TestDeleteRecordSet_KeepsNameAnotherRecordSetRewrote(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	stub, c := newPDNSStub(t, zoneResponse{
+		Name: exampleCom,
+		RRSets: []zoneRRset{
+			{
+				Name:     "www.example.com.",
+				Type:     "A",
+				Records:  []zoneRRsetRecord{{Content: "5.6.7.8"}},
+				Comments: []zoneRRsetComment{{Account: ACCOUNT_OWNER, Content: "default:rs2"}},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:     "mine.example.com.",
+				Type:     "A",
+				Records:  []zoneRRsetRecord{{Content: "1.2.3.4"}},
+				Comments: []zoneRRsetComment{{Account: ACCOUNT_OWNER, Content: "default:rs"}},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err := c.DeleteRecordSet(context.Background(), testZone, aRecordSet(1, "www", "mine")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DeleteRecordSet error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var names []string
+	for _, patch := range stub.patches {
+		for _, rr := range patch.RRSets {
+			if rr.ChangeType == changeTypeDelete {
+				names = append(names, rr.Name)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(names, []string{"mine.example.com."}) {
+		t.Fatalf("deleted %v, want only the name this record set still owns", names)
+	}
+}
+
 // A patch that replaces and deletes one RRset says two things at once. PowerDNS
 // would refuse it for the duplicate REPLACE the clear adds, rejecting every
 // other change travelling with it, so it is refused here with the RRset named.