diff --git a/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java b/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java
index 2e4f610ccd..50e5166227 100644
--- a/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java
+++ b/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.CloudBlob;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.CloudBlobContainer;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.ListBlobItem;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.CommitFailedException;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.Buffer;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.SegmentNodeStore;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.SegmentNodeStoreBuilders;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStore;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStoreBuilder;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.InvalidFileStoreVersionException;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.RepositoryNotReachableException;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.monitor.FileStoreMonitorAdapter;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.monitor.IOMonitorAdapter;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.monitor.RemoteStoreMonitorAdapter;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentArchiveManager;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentArchiveReader;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentArchiveWriter;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.CommitInfo;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook;
@@ -51,8 +54,10 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 public class AzureArchiveManagerTest {
 
@@ -257,4 +262,29 @@ public class AzureArchiveManagerTest {
         writer.flush();
         Assert.assertTrue(manager.exists("data00000a.tar"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSegmentDeletedAfterCreatingReader() throws IOException, URISyntaxException, StorageException {
+        SegmentArchiveManager manager = new AzurePersistence(container.getDirectoryReference("oak")).createArchiveManager(false, false, new IOMonitorAdapter(), new FileStoreMonitorAdapter(), new RemoteStoreMonitorAdapter());
+        SegmentArchiveWriter writer = manager.create("data00000a.tar");
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(manager.exists("data00000a.tar"));
+        UUID u = UUID.randomUUID();
+        writer.writeSegment(u.getMostSignificantBits(), u.getLeastSignificantBits(), new byte[10], 0, 10, 0, 0, false);
+        writer.flush();
+        writer.close();
+
+        SegmentArchiveReader reader = manager.open("data00000a.tar");
+        Buffer segment = reader.readSegment(u.getMostSignificantBits(), u.getLeastSignificantBits());
+        assertNotNull(segment);
+
+        ListBlobItem segment0000 = container.listBlobs("oak/data00000a.tar/0000.").iterator().next();
+        ((CloudBlob) segment0000).delete();
+
+        try {
+            reader.readSegment(u.getMostSignificantBits(), u.getLeastSignificantBits());
+        } catch (RepositoryNotReachableException e) {
+            fail();
+        }
+    }
 }