diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderExtensions.cs
index 1fa235720f..af18d9c3d9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderExtensions.cs
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
         /// <remarks>
         /// See: http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-3876
         /// </remarks>
-        public static string GetDeleteSubquery(this ISqlSyntaxProvider sqlProvider, string tableName, string columnName, Sql subQuery)
+        public static Sql GetDeleteSubquery(this ISqlSyntaxProvider sqlProvider, string tableName, string columnName, Sql subQuery)
         {
-            return string.Format(@"DELETE FROM {0} WHERE {1} IN (SELECT {1} FROM ({2}) x)",
-                                    sqlProvider.GetQuotedTableName(tableName),
-                                    sqlProvider.GetQuotedColumnName(columnName),
-                                    subQuery.SQL);
+            return new Sql(string.Format(@"DELETE FROM {0} WHERE {1} IN (SELECT {1} FROM ({2}) x)",
+                sqlProvider.GetQuotedTableName(tableName),
+                sqlProvider.GetQuotedColumnName(columnName),
+                subQuery.SQL), subQuery.Arguments);
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SyntaxProvider/SqlCeSyntaxProviderTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SyntaxProvider/SqlCeSyntaxProviderTests.cs
index 49dbdf6805..1c6eaca2bb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SyntaxProvider/SqlCeSyntaxProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SyntaxProvider/SqlCeSyntaxProviderTests.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence.SyntaxProvider
 FROM [cmsContentXml]
 INNER JOIN [umbracoNode]
 ON [cmsContentXml].[nodeId] = [umbracoNode].[id]
-WHERE ([umbracoNode].[nodeObjectType] = @0)) x)".Replace(Environment.NewLine, " ").Replace("\n", " ").Replace("\r", " "), sql.Replace(Environment.NewLine, " ").Replace("\n", " ").Replace("\r", " "));
+WHERE ([umbracoNode].[nodeObjectType] = @0)) x)".Replace(Environment.NewLine, " ").Replace("\n", " ").Replace("\r", " "), 
+                                                sql.SQL.Replace(Environment.NewLine, " ").Replace("\n", " ").Replace("\r", " "));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, sql.Arguments.Length);
+            Assert.AreEqual(mediaObjectType, sql.Arguments[0]);
         }
 
         [NUnit.Framework.Ignore("This doesn't actually test anything")]