diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/device_registry.py b/homeassistant/helpers/device_registry.py
index 975b4a2aec9ebb..92101dd0e21b3f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/device_registry.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/device_registry.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections import defaultdict
-from collections.abc import Mapping
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import StrEnum
 from functools import lru_cache
@@ -561,6 +561,21 @@ def get_entry(
                 return self._connections[connection]
         return None
 
+    def get_entries(
+        self,
+        identifiers: set[tuple[str, str]] | None,
+        connections: set[tuple[str, str]] | None,
+    ) -> Iterable[_EntryTypeT]:
+        """Get entries from identifiers or connections."""
+        if identifiers:
+            for identifier in identifiers:
+                if identifier in self._identifiers:
+                    yield self._identifiers[identifier]
+        if connections:
+            for connection in _normalize_connections(connections):
+                if connection in self._connections:
+                    yield self._connections[connection]
+
 
 class ActiveDeviceRegistryItems(DeviceRegistryItems[DeviceEntry]):
     """Container for active (non-deleted) device registry entries."""
@@ -667,6 +682,14 @@ def _async_get_deleted_device(
         """Check if device is deleted."""
         return self.deleted_devices.get_entry(identifiers, connections)
 
+    def _async_get_deleted_devices(
+        self,
+        identifiers: set[tuple[str, str]] | None = None,
+        connections: set[tuple[str, str]] | None = None,
+    ) -> Iterable[DeletedDeviceEntry]:
+        """List devices that are deleted."""
+        return self.deleted_devices.get_entries(identifiers, connections)
+
     def _substitute_name_placeholders(
         self,
         domain: str,
@@ -958,6 +981,9 @@ def async_update_device(  # noqa: C901
             new_values["config_entries"] = config_entries
             old_values["config_entries"] = old.config_entries
 
+        added_connections: set[tuple[str, str]] | None = None
+        added_identifiers: set[tuple[str, str]] | None = None
+
         if merge_connections is not UNDEFINED:
             normalized_connections = self._validate_connections(
                 device_id,
@@ -966,6 +992,7 @@ def async_update_device(  # noqa: C901
             )
             old_connections = old.connections
             if not normalized_connections.issubset(old_connections):
+                added_connections = normalized_connections
                 new_values["connections"] = old_connections | normalized_connections
                 old_values["connections"] = old_connections
 
@@ -975,17 +1002,18 @@ def async_update_device(  # noqa: C901
             )
             old_identifiers = old.identifiers
             if not merge_identifiers.issubset(old_identifiers):
+                added_identifiers = merge_identifiers
                 new_values["identifiers"] = old_identifiers | merge_identifiers
                 old_values["identifiers"] = old_identifiers
 
         if new_connections is not UNDEFINED:
-            new_values["connections"] = self._validate_connections(
+            added_connections = new_values["connections"] = self._validate_connections(
                 device_id, new_connections, False
             )
             old_values["connections"] = old.connections
 
         if new_identifiers is not UNDEFINED:
-            new_values["identifiers"] = self._validate_identifiers(
+            added_identifiers = new_values["identifiers"] = self._validate_identifiers(
                 device_id, new_identifiers, False
             )
             old_values["identifiers"] = old.identifiers
@@ -1028,6 +1056,14 @@ def async_update_device(  # noqa: C901
         new = attr.evolve(old, **new_values)
         self.devices[device_id] = new
 
+        # NOTE: Once we solve the broader issue of duplicated devices, we might
+        # want to revisit it. Instead of simply removing the duplicated deleted device,
+        # we might want to merge the information from it into the non-deleted device.
+        for deleted_device in self._async_get_deleted_devices(
+            added_identifiers, added_connections
+        ):
+            del self.deleted_devices[deleted_device.id]
+
         # If its only run time attributes (suggested_area)
         # that do not get saved we do not want to write
         # to disk or fire an event as we would end up
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_device_registry.py b/tests/helpers/test_device_registry.py
index 08b984a047747a..be4ace87894603 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_device_registry.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_device_registry.py
@@ -3378,6 +3378,39 @@ async def test_device_registry_identifiers_collision(
     assert not device1_refetched.identifiers.isdisjoint(device3_refetched.identifiers)
 
 
+async def test_device_registry_deleted_device_collision(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, device_registry: dr.DeviceRegistry
+) -> None:
+    """Test update collisions with deleted devices in the device registry."""
+    config_entry = MockConfigEntry()
+    config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    device1 = device_registry.async_get_or_create(
+        config_entry_id=config_entry.entry_id,
+        connections={(dr.CONNECTION_NETWORK_MAC, "EE:EE:EE:EE:EE:EE")},
+        manufacturer="manufacturer",
+        model="model",
+    )
+    assert len(device_registry.deleted_devices) == 0
+
+    device_registry.async_remove_device(device1.id)
+    assert len(device_registry.deleted_devices) == 1
+
+    device2 = device_registry.async_get_or_create(
+        config_entry_id=config_entry.entry_id,
+        identifiers={("bridgeid", "0123")},
+        manufacturer="manufacturer",
+        model="model",
+    )
+    assert len(device_registry.deleted_devices) == 1
+
+    device_registry.async_update_device(
+        device2.id,
+        merge_connections={(dr.CONNECTION_NETWORK_MAC, "EE:EE:EE:EE:EE:EE")},
+    )
+    assert len(device_registry.deleted_devices) == 0
+
+
 async def test_primary_config_entry(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     device_registry: dr.DeviceRegistry,