diff --git a/src/image/ImageManagerProtocol.cc b/src/image/ImageManagerProtocol.cc
index 0ccdf8588f..31ad196acd 100644
--- a/src/image/ImageManagerProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/image/ImageManagerProtocol.cc
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ void ImageManager::_rm(unique_ptr<image_msg_t> msg)
         {
             vm->backups().del(img_id);
 
+            //Reset increment pointers when removing active backup
+            if (stoi(vm->backups().last_backup_id()) == img_id)
+            {
+                vm->backups().last_increment_id(-1);
+
+                vm->backups().incremental_backup_id(-1);
+            }
+
             vmpool->update(vm.get());
         }