diff --git a/src/netconf_access.cpp b/src/netconf_access.cpp
index 4da25e9..777e94e 100644
--- a/src/netconf_access.cpp
+++ b/src/netconf_access.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
 void NetconfAccess::deletePresenceContainer(const std::string& path)
 {
     auto node = m_schema->dataNodeFromPath(path);
-    node->insert_attr(m_schema->getYangModule("ietf-netconf"), "operation", "delete");
+    auto container = *(node->find_path(path.c_str())->data().begin());
+    container->insert_attr(m_schema->getYangModule("ietf-netconf"), "operation", "delete");
     doEditFromDataNode(node);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/datastore_access.cpp b/tests/datastore_access.cpp
index fe7df81..ba52b9c 100644
--- a/tests/datastore_access.cpp
+++ b/tests/datastore_access.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
         // results will be consistent.
 #ifdef sysrepo_BACKEND
                                                    {"/example-schema:lol", special_{SpecialValue::Container}},
+                                                   {"/example-schema:inventory", special_{SpecialValue::Container}},
 #endif
                                                    {"/example-schema:up", bool{true}}};
         REQUIRE(datastore.getItems("/example-schema:*") == expected);
@@ -293,7 +294,31 @@
         }
         expected = {};
         REQUIRE(datastore.getItems("/example-schema:pContainer") == expected);
+    }
 
+    SECTION("nested presence container")
+    {
+        DatastoreAccess::Tree expected;
+        // Make sure it's not there before we create it
+        REQUIRE(datastore.getItems("/example-schema:inventory/stuff") == expected);
+        {
+            REQUIRE_CALL(mock, write("/example-schema:inventory", std::nullopt, ""s));
+            REQUIRE_CALL(mock, write("/example-schema:inventory/stuff", std::nullopt, ""s));
+            datastore.createPresenceContainer("/example-schema:inventory/stuff");
+            datastore.commitChanges();
+        }
+        expected = {
+            {"/example-schema:inventory/stuff", special_{SpecialValue::PresenceContainer}}
+        };
+        REQUIRE(datastore.getItems("/example-schema:inventory/stuff") == expected);
+        {
+            REQUIRE_CALL(mock, write("/example-schema:inventory", ""s, std::nullopt));
+            REQUIRE_CALL(mock, write("/example-schema:inventory/stuff", ""s, std::nullopt));
+            datastore.deletePresenceContainer("/example-schema:inventory/stuff");
+            datastore.commitChanges();
+        }
+        expected = {};
+        REQUIRE(datastore.getItems("/example-schema:inventory/stuff") == expected);
     }
 
     SECTION("floats")
diff --git a/tests/example-schema.yang b/tests/example-schema.yang
index a7ff3d8..cbd5d8d 100644
--- a/tests/example-schema.yang
+++ b/tests/example-schema.yang
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
         prefix other;
     }
 
+    container inventory {
+        container stuff {
+            presence true;
+        }
+    }
+
     leaf leafUInt8 {
         type uint8;
     }