diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/constants.py b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/constants.py
index cc8d73de54..877bef6cf1 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/constants.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/constants.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ STATUS_FSSNAPSHOT_HEALTH = '1'
 STATUS_JOIN_DOMAIN = '1'
 STATUS_EXIT_DOMAIN = '0'
 STATUS_SERVICE_RUNNING = "2"
-STATUS_QOS_ACTIVE = '2'
+
+QOS_STATUSES = (STATUS_QOS_ACTIVE,
+                STATUS_QOS_INACTIVATED,
+                STATUS_QOS_IDLE) = ('2', '45', '46')
 
 DEFAULT_WAIT_INTERVAL = 3
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/smartx.py b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/smartx.py
index 794b3997b5..2d7e6a171b 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/smartx.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/huawei/v3/smartx.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class SmartQos(object):
     def delete_qos(self, qos_id):
         qos_info = self.helper.get_qos_info(qos_id)
         qos_status = qos_info['RUNNINGSTATUS']
-        if qos_status == constants.STATUS_QOS_ACTIVE:
+        if qos_status != constants.STATUS_QOS_INACTIVATED:
             self.helper.activate_deactivate_qos(qos_id, False)
         self.helper.delete_qos_policy(qos_id)
 
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py
index 53d6632a27..d14e47d8d5 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/huawei/test_huawei_nas.py
@@ -4458,3 +4458,27 @@ class HuaweiShareDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
             'fake_pair_id')
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_state, result_state)
+
+    @ddt.data(*constants.QOS_STATUSES)
+    def test_delete_qos(self, qos_status):
+        self.driver.plugin.helper.custom_results['/ioclass/11'] = {
+            "GET": """{"error":{"code":0}, "data":{"RUNNINGSTATUS": "%s"}}""" %
+            qos_status
+        }
+
+        activate_deactivate_qos_mock = self.mock_object(
+            self.driver.plugin.helper,
+            'activate_deactivate_qos')
+        delete_qos_mock = self.mock_object(
+            self.driver.plugin.helper,
+            'delete_qos_policy')
+
+        qos = smartx.SmartQos(self.driver.plugin.helper)
+        qos.delete_qos('11')
+
+        if qos_status == constants.STATUS_QOS_INACTIVATED:
+            activate_deactivate_qos_mock.assert_not_called()
+        else:
+            activate_deactivate_qos_mock.assert_called_once_with('11', False)
+
+        delete_qos_mock.assert_called_once_with('11')
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-huawei-driver-qos-deletion-9ad62db3d7415980.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-huawei-driver-qos-deletion-9ad62db3d7415980.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..742a6fe109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-huawei-driver-qos-deletion-9ad62db3d7415980.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Fixed qos deletion failing in huawei driver when qos status is 'idle'
+    by deactivating it first.