diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java b/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java
index 7e0f6207edc9..9e9d751691be 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java
@@ -1424,6 +1424,62 @@ public void testDeleteToCustomWapBranchWithoutWhereClause() throws NoSuchTableEx
         });
   }
 
+  @TestTemplate
+  public void testDeleteToWapBranchCanDeleteWhereScansWapBranch() throws NoSuchTableException {
+    assumeThat(branch).as("WAP branch only works for table identifier without branch").isNull();
+
+    createAndInitPartitionedTable();
+    sql(
+        "ALTER TABLE %s SET TBLPROPERTIES ('%s' = 'true')",
+        tableName, TableProperties.WRITE_AUDIT_PUBLISH_ENABLED);
+
+    append(tableName, new Employee(1, "hr"));
+
+    spark.conf().set(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_BRANCH, "wap");
+    try {
+      append(tableName, new Employee(0, "hr"), new Employee(1, "hr"), new Employee(2, "hr"));
+
+      sql("DELETE FROM %s WHERE id = 1", tableName);
+
+      assertThat(sql("SELECT id, dep FROM %s.branch_wap ORDER BY id", tableName))
+          .as("DELETE should remove the matching rows from the WAP branch")
+          .containsExactly(row(0, "hr"), row(2, "hr"));
+      assertThat(sql("SELECT id, dep FROM %s.branch_main", tableName))
+          .as("Main branch must not be modified by a WAP-targeted DELETE")
+          .containsExactly(row(1, "hr"));
+    } finally {
+      spark.conf().unset(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_BRANCH);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @TestTemplate
+  public void testMetadataDeleteToWapBranchCommitsToWapBranch() throws NoSuchTableException {
+    assumeThat(branch).as("WAP branch only works for table identifier without branch").isNull();
+
+    createAndInitPartitionedTable();
+    sql(
+        "ALTER TABLE %s SET TBLPROPERTIES ('%s' = 'true')",
+        tableName, TableProperties.WRITE_AUDIT_PUBLISH_ENABLED);
+
+    append(tableName, new Employee(1, "hr"), new Employee(5, "eng"));
+
+    spark.conf().set(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_BRANCH, "wap");
+    try {
+      append(tableName, new Employee(0, "hr"), new Employee(2, "eng"));
+
+      sql("DELETE FROM %s WHERE dep = 'hr'", tableName);
+
+      assertThat(sql("SELECT id, dep FROM %s.branch_wap ORDER BY id", tableName))
+          .as("Metadata delete should remove the hr partition on the WAP branch")
+          .containsExactly(row(2, "eng"), row(5, "eng"));
+      assertThat(sql("SELECT id, dep FROM %s.branch_main ORDER BY id", tableName))
+          .as("Metadata delete must not commit to main when WAP is set")
+          .containsExactly(row(1, "hr"), row(5, "eng"));
+    } finally {
+      spark.conf().unset(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_BRANCH);
+    }
+  }
+
   @TestTemplate
   public void testDeleteWithFilterOnNestedColumn() {
     createAndInitNestedColumnsTable();
diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
index 07db8c4ed3fe..80a40d72c8d1 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.CommitMetadata;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.Spark3Util;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkReadConf;
+import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkTableUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkV2Filters;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.TimeTravel;
@@ -208,11 +209,14 @@ public boolean canDeleteWhere(Predicate[] predicates) {
       }
     }
 
-    return canDeleteUsingMetadata(deleteExpr);
+    String scanBranch =
+        SparkTableUtil.determineReadBranch(
+            spark(), table(), branch, CaseInsensitiveStringMap.empty());
+    return canDeleteUsingMetadata(deleteExpr, scanBranch);
   }
 
   // a metadata delete is possible iff matching files can be deleted entirely
-  private boolean canDeleteUsingMetadata(Expression deleteExpr) {
+  private boolean canDeleteUsingMetadata(Expression deleteExpr, String scanBranch) {
     boolean caseSensitive = SparkUtil.caseSensitive(spark());
 
     if (ExpressionUtil.selectsPartitions(deleteExpr, table(), caseSensitive)) {
@@ -227,7 +231,9 @@ private boolean canDeleteUsingMetadata(Expression deleteExpr) {
             .includeColumnStats()
             .ignoreResiduals();
 
-    if (snapshot != null) {
+    if (scanBranch != null) {
+      scan = scan.useRef(scanBranch);
+    } else if (snapshot != null) {
       scan = scan.useSnapshot(snapshot.snapshotId());
     }
 
@@ -269,8 +275,12 @@ public void deleteWhere(Predicate[] predicates) {
             .set("spark.app.id", spark().sparkContext().applicationId())
             .deleteFromRowFilter(deleteExpr);
 
-    if (branch != null) {
-      deleteFiles.toBranch(branch);
+    String writeBranch =
+        SparkTableUtil.determineWriteBranch(
+            spark(), table(), branch, CaseInsensitiveStringMap.empty());
+
+    if (writeBranch != null) {
+      deleteFiles.toBranch(writeBranch);
     }
 
     if (!CommitMetadata.commitProperties().isEmpty()) {