diff --git a/table/merging_iterator.cc b/table/merging_iterator.cc
index ae92aa19830..505cd76d386 100644
--- a/table/merging_iterator.cc
+++ b/table/merging_iterator.cc
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ class MergingIterator : public InternalIterator {
     // holds after this call, and minHeap_.top().iter points to the
     // first key >= target among children_ that is not covered by any range
     // tombstone.
+    status_ = Status::OK();
     SeekImpl(target);
     FindNextVisibleKey();
 
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ class MergingIterator : public InternalIterator {
   void SeekForPrev(const Slice& target) override {
     assert(range_tombstone_iters_.empty() ||
            range_tombstone_iters_.size() == children_.size());
+    status_ = Status::OK();
     SeekForPrevImpl(target);
     FindPrevVisibleKey();
 
@@ -798,7 +800,6 @@ void MergingIterator::SeekImpl(const Slice& target, size_t starting_level,
     active_.erase(active_.lower_bound(starting_level), active_.end());
   }
 
-  status_ = Status::OK();
   IterKey current_search_key;
   current_search_key.SetInternalKey(target, false /* copy */);
   // Seek target might change to some range tombstone end key, so
@@ -1083,7 +1084,6 @@ void MergingIterator::SeekForPrevImpl(const Slice& target,
     active_.erase(active_.lower_bound(starting_level), active_.end());
   }
 
-  status_ = Status::OK();
   IterKey current_search_key;
   current_search_key.SetInternalKey(target, false /* copy */);
   // Seek target might change to some range tombstone end key, so
diff --git a/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/010_check_more_iter_status_for_delete_range.md b/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/010_check_more_iter_status_for_delete_range.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e060b658b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unreleased_history/bug_fixes/010_check_more_iter_status_for_delete_range.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Fix a bug where iterator may return incorrect result for DeleteRange() users if there was an error reading from a file.
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