diff --git a/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/sync.py b/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/sync.py
index 76c6a27f416..a35ae07a4c9 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/sync.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/sync.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class NsxCache(object):
         resources = self._uuid_dict_mappings[key]
         return resources[key]
 
-    def _update_resources(self, resources, new_resources):
+    def _clear_changed_flag_and_remove_from_cache(self, resources):
         # Clear the 'changed' attribute for all items
         for uuid, item in resources.items():
             if item.pop('changed', None) and not item.get('data'):
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ class NsxCache(object):
                 del self._uuid_dict_mappings[uuid]
                 LOG.debug("Removed item %s from NSX object cache", uuid)
 
+    def _update_resources(self, resources, new_resources, clear_changed=True):
+        if clear_changed:
+            self._clear_changed_flag_and_remove_from_cache(resources)
+
         def do_hash(item):
             return hash(jsonutils.dumps(item))
 
@@ -132,13 +136,14 @@ class NsxCache(object):
         return self._get_resource_ids(self._lswitchports, changed_only)
 
     def update_lswitch(self, lswitch):
-        self._update_resources(self._lswitches, [lswitch])
+        self._update_resources(self._lswitches, [lswitch], clear_changed=False)
 
     def update_lrouter(self, lrouter):
-        self._update_resources(self._lrouters, [lrouter])
+        self._update_resources(self._lrouters, [lrouter], clear_changed=False)
 
     def update_lswitchport(self, lswitchport):
-        self._update_resources(self._lswitchports, [lswitchport])
+        self._update_resources(self._lswitchports, [lswitchport],
+                               clear_changed=False)
 
     def process_updates(self, lswitches=None,
                         lrouters=None, lswitchports=None):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_sync.py b/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_sync.py
index 67c2fdd440b..0c5e782ee36 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_sync.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/vmware/test_nsx_sync.py
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ class CacheTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.nsx_cache.process_updates(lswitches, LROUTERS, LSWITCHPORTS)
         self.assertNotIn(deleted_lswitch['uuid'], self.nsx_cache._lswitches)
 
+    def test_update_resource_does_not_cleanup_deleted_resources(self):
+        deleted_lswitch, lswitches = self._test_process_updates_with_removals()
+        self.nsx_cache.process_deletes()
+        self.nsx_cache.update_lswitch(deleted_lswitch)
+        self.assertIn(deleted_lswitch['uuid'], self.nsx_cache._lswitches)
+
     def _verify_delete(self, resource, deleted=True, hit=True):
         cached_resource = self.nsx_cache[resource['uuid']]
         data_field = 'data_bk' if deleted else 'data'