diff --git a/quantum/db/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_db.py b/quantum/db/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_db.py
index ee504059aa..65a01282a0 100644
--- a/quantum/db/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_db.py
+++ b/quantum/db/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_db.py
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ class HealthMonitor(model_base.BASEV2, models_v2.HasId, models_v2.HasTenant):
     status = sa.Column(sa.String(16), nullable=False)
     admin_state_up = sa.Column(sa.Boolean(), nullable=False)
 
+    pools = orm.relationship(
+        "PoolMonitorAssociation",
+        backref="healthmonitor",
+        cascade="all"
+    )
+
 
 class PoolMonitorAssociation(model_base.BASEV2):
     """
@@ -139,8 +145,6 @@ class PoolMonitorAssociation(model_base.BASEV2):
     monitor_id = sa.Column(sa.String(36),
                            sa.ForeignKey("healthmonitors.id"),
                            primary_key=True)
-    monitor = orm.relationship("HealthMonitor",
-                               backref="pools_poolmonitorassociations")
 
 
 class LoadBalancerPluginDb(LoadBalancerPluginBase):
@@ -605,7 +609,7 @@ class LoadBalancerPluginDb(LoadBalancerPluginBase):
 
             assoc = PoolMonitorAssociation(pool_id=pool_id,
                                            monitor_id=monitor_id)
-            assoc.monitor = monitor
+            assoc.healthmonitor = monitor
             pool.monitors.append(assoc)
 
         monitors = []
@@ -746,14 +750,6 @@ class LoadBalancerPluginDb(LoadBalancerPluginBase):
 
     def delete_health_monitor(self, context, id):
         with context.session.begin(subtransactions=True):
-            assoc_qry = context.session.query(PoolMonitorAssociation)
-            pool_qry = context.session.query(Pool)
-            for assoc in assoc_qry.filter_by(monitor_id=id).all():
-                try:
-                    pool = pool_qry.filter_by(id=assoc['pool_id']).one()
-                except exc.NoResultFound:
-                    raise loadbalancer.PoolNotFound(pool_id=pool['id'])
-                pool.monitors.remove(assoc)
             monitor_db = self._get_resource(context, HealthMonitor, id)
             context.session.delete(monitor_db)
 
diff --git a/quantum/plugins/services/agent_loadbalancer/plugin.py b/quantum/plugins/services/agent_loadbalancer/plugin.py
index 7ffe22530a..95aaf0e2e3 100644
--- a/quantum/plugins/services/agent_loadbalancer/plugin.py
+++ b/quantum/plugins/services/agent_loadbalancer/plugin.py
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class LoadBalancerCallbacks(object):
                         m.status = constants.ACTIVE
 
                 for hm in pool.monitors:
-                    if hm.monitor.status in ACTIVE_PENDING:
-                        hm.monitor.status = constants.ACTIVE
+                    if hm.healthmonitor.status in ACTIVE_PENDING:
+                        hm.healthmonitor.status = constants.ACTIVE
 
             if (pool.status != constants.ACTIVE
                 or pool.vip.status != constants.ACTIVE):
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ class LoadBalancerCallbacks(object):
                 for m in pool.members if m.status == constants.ACTIVE
             ]
             retval['healthmonitors'] = [
-                self.plugin._make_health_monitor_dict(hm.monitor)
+                self.plugin._make_health_monitor_dict(hm.healthmonitor)
                 for hm in pool.monitors
-                if hm.monitor.status == constants.ACTIVE
+                if hm.healthmonitor.status == constants.ACTIVE
             ]
 
             return retval
diff --git a/quantum/tests/unit/db/loadbalancer/test_db_loadbalancer.py b/quantum/tests/unit/db/loadbalancer/test_db_loadbalancer.py
index 590ac6907f..5c2f1e8e84 100644
--- a/quantum/tests/unit/db/loadbalancer/test_db_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/quantum/tests/unit/db/loadbalancer/test_db_loadbalancer.py
@@ -836,6 +836,42 @@ class TestLoadBalancer(LoadBalancerPluginDbTestCase):
             res = req.get_response(self.ext_api)
             self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 204)
 
+    def test_delete_healthmonitor_cascade_deletion_of_associations(self):
+        with self.health_monitor(type='HTTP', no_delete=True) as monitor:
+            with self.pool() as pool:
+                data = {
+                    'health_monitor': {
+                        'id': monitor['health_monitor']['id'],
+                        'tenant_id': self._tenant_id
+                    }
+                }
+                req = self.new_create_request(
+                    'pools',
+                    data,
+                    fmt=self.fmt,
+                    id=pool['pool']['id'],
+                    subresource='health_monitors')
+                res = req.get_response(self.ext_api)
+                self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 201)
+
+                ctx = context.get_admin_context()
+
+                # check if we actually have corresponding Pool associations
+                qry = ctx.session.query(ldb.PoolMonitorAssociation)
+                qry = qry.filter_by(monitor_id=monitor['health_monitor']['id'])
+                self.assertTrue(qry.all())
+                # delete the HealthMonitor instance
+                req = self.new_delete_request(
+                    'health_monitors',
+                    monitor['health_monitor']['id']
+                )
+                res = req.get_response(self.ext_api)
+                self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 204)
+                # check if all corresponding Pool associations are deleted
+                qry = ctx.session.query(ldb.PoolMonitorAssociation)
+                qry = qry.filter_by(monitor_id=monitor['health_monitor']['id'])
+                self.assertFalse(qry.all())
+
     def test_show_healthmonitor(self):
         with self.health_monitor() as monitor:
             keys = [('type', "TCP"),