diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
index 95a5cca4584b..5273045f82f8 100644
--- a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
@@ -1819,6 +1819,8 @@ def instance_destroy(context, instance_uuid, constraint=None):
     model_query(context, models.Migration).\
             filter_by(instance_uuid=instance_uuid).\
             soft_delete()
+    model_query(context, models.InstanceIdMapping).filter_by(
+        uuid=instance_uuid).soft_delete()
     # NOTE(snikitin): We can't use model_query here, because there is no
     # column 'deleted' in 'tags' or 'console_auth_tokens' tables.
     context.session.query(models.Tag).filter_by(
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py b/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py
index cc87bfbd5111..5c180ff74b6a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py
@@ -2864,6 +2864,20 @@ class InstanceTestCase(test.TestCase, ModelsObjectComparatorMixin):
         self.assertEqual({}, db.instance_metadata_get(ctxt, inst_uuid))
         self.assertEqual([], db.instance_tag_get_by_instance_uuid(
             ctxt, inst_uuid))
+
+        @sqlalchemy_api.pick_context_manager_reader
+        def _assert_instance_id_mapping(_ctxt):
+            # NOTE(mriedem): We can't use ec2_instance_get_by_uuid to assert
+            # the instance_id_mappings record is gone because it hard-codes
+            # read_deleted='yes' and will read the soft-deleted record. So we
+            # do the model_query directly here. See bug 1061166.
+            inst_id_mapping = sqlalchemy_api.model_query(
+                _ctxt, models.InstanceIdMapping).filter_by(
+                uuid=inst_uuid).first()
+            self.assertFalse(inst_id_mapping,
+                             'instance_id_mapping not deleted for '
+                             'instance: %s' % inst_uuid)
+        _assert_instance_id_mapping(ctxt)
         ctxt.read_deleted = 'yes'
         self.assertEqual(values['system_metadata'],
                          db.instance_system_metadata_get(ctxt, inst_uuid))