diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4fc301c052..41b6ffb668 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Development
 * Fix BigQuery connector not importing 0-bytes-processed datasets [#15916](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/15916)
 * Error importing geopackage files with multiple layers [#15907](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/15907)
 * Add DO notification in dashboard [#15929](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/15929)
+* Data loss on table rename due to GhostTablesManager [#15935](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/15935)
 
 4.43.0 (2020-11-06)
 -------------------
diff --git a/app/models/table/user_table.rb b/app/models/table/user_table.rb
index 7c12bd2616..fc1202f2e0 100644
--- a/app/models/table/user_table.rb
+++ b/app/models/table/user_table.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,12 @@ class UserTable < Sequel::Model
   end
 
   def destroy
-    Carto::UserTable.find_by(id: id)&.destroy
+    ar_user_table = Carto::UserTable.find_by(id: id)
+
+    return if ar_user_table.nil?
+
+    ar_user_table.set_service(service)
+    ar_user_table.destroy
   end
 
   def before_update