diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 2bca5fe492..bb081dca1e 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -521,6 +521,8 @@ static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 	/* Now we are committed to check them out */
 	if (opts->checkout_worktree)
 		errs |= checkout_worktree(opts);
+	else
+		remove_marked_cache_entries(&the_index, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * Allow updating the index when checking out from the index.
diff --git a/t/t2070-restore.sh b/t/t2070-restore.sh
index 2650df1966..9f40f96069 100755
--- a/t/t2070-restore.sh
+++ b/t/t2070-restore.sh
@@ -95,4 +95,21 @@ test_expect_success 'restore --ignore-unmerged ignores unmerged entries' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'restore --staged invalidates cache tree for deletions' '
+	test_when_finished git reset --hard &&
+	>new1 &&
+	>new2 &&
+	git add new1 new2 &&
+
+	# It is important to commit and then reset here, so that the index
+	# contains a valid cache-tree for the "both" tree.
+	git commit -m both &&
+	git reset --soft HEAD^ &&
+
+	git restore --staged new1 &&
+	git commit -m "just new2" &&
+	git rev-parse HEAD:new2 &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-parse HEAD:new1
+'
+
 test_done