diff --git a/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml b/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml
index e3aafe3b5b..14b21464e1 100644
--- a/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml
+++ b/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ resources:
       image_id: resource_metadata.image_id
       instance_id: resource_metadata.instance_id
     event_delete:
-      - volume.delete.start
-      - snapshot.delete.start
+      - volume.delete.end
+      - snapshot.delete.end
     event_attributes:
       id: resource_id
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/publisher/test_gnocchi.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/publisher/test_gnocchi.py
index af83c58714..a9dbb354ec 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/publisher/test_gnocchi.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/publisher/test_gnocchi.py
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ IMAGE_DELETE_START = models.Event(
 )
 
 
-VOLUME_DELETE_START = models.Event(
-    event_type=u'volume.delete.start',
+VOLUME_DELETE_END = models.Event(
+    event_type=u'volume.delete.end',
     traits=[models.Trait(u'availability_zone', 1, u'nova'),
             models.Trait(u'created_at', 1, u'2016-11-28T13:19:53+00:00'),
             models.Trait(u'display_name', 1, u'vol-001'),
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ class PublisherWorkflowTest(base.BaseTestCase,
 
         self.publisher.publish_events([INSTANCE_DELETE_START,
                                        IMAGE_DELETE_START,
-                                       VOLUME_DELETE_START,
+                                       VOLUME_DELETE_END,
                                        FLOATINGIP_DELETE_END])
         self.assertEqual(8, len(fakeclient.mock_calls))
         for call in expected_calls: