diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.test.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.test.ts
index 382b00e0fa5..d0a4dcf0165 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.test.ts
@@ -431,6 +431,19 @@ describe('getPinDataSize', () => {
 			expect(pinData.pinnedDataByNodeName.value.Other).toBeDefined();
 		});
 
+		it('skips cleanup when the deleted node has no pinned data', () => {
+			const { pinData, fire } = createPinDataWithNodesChange();
+			pinData.pinNodeData('Other', [{ json: { y: 2 } }] as INodeExecutionData[]);
+			const hookSpy = vi.fn();
+			pinData.onPinnedDataChange(hookSpy);
+			const before = pinData.pinnedDataByNodeName.value;
+
+			fire({ action: CHANGE_ACTION.DELETE, payload: { id: 'node-id-1', name: 'Target' } });
+
+			expect(hookSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+			expect(pinData.pinnedDataByNodeName.value).toBe(before);
+		});
+
 		it('does nothing when DELETE has no node name (removeAllNodes)', () => {
 			const { pinData, fire } = createPinDataWithNodesChange();
 			pinData.pinNodeData('Target', [{ json: { x: 1 } }] as INodeExecutionData[]);
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.ts
index 60635df91ef..90d7a806774 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/stores/workflowDocument/useWorkflowDocumentPinData.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,10 @@ export function useWorkflowDocumentPinData(deps: WorkflowDocumentPinDataDeps) {
 				// useWorkflowDocumentNodes via an injected `unpinNodeData` dep;
 				// pulling it into the pinData subscriber means nodes doesn't need
 				// to know about pinData at all (breaks the construction cycle).
-				if (payload.name) applyUnpin(payload.name);
+				// Skipped when the node has no pinned data: unpinning unconditionally
+				// would replace the pin-data object identity (dirtying every computed
+				// that reads it) and fire a spurious DELETE pin event.
+				if (payload.name && pinnedDataByNodeName.value[payload.name]) applyUnpin(payload.name);
 				break;
 			}
 			case CHANGE_ACTION.SET: {