diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index f22c5115a..45c4b7761 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fix a bug in io_uring_prep_cancel in AbortIO API for posix which expects sqe->addr to match with read request submitted and wrong paramter was being passed.
-* Fixed a regression in iterator performance when the entire DB is a single memtable introduced in #10449. The fix is in #10705 and #10716.
+* Fixed a regression in iterator performance when the entire DB is a single memtable introduced in #10449. The fix is in #10705 and #10716. 
 * Fixed an optimistic transaction validation bug caused by DBImpl::GetLatestSequenceForKey() returning non-latest seq for merge (#10724).
+* Fixed a bug in iterator refresh which could segfault for DeleteRange users (#10739).
 
 ## 7.7.0 (09/18/2022)
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/db/arena_wrapped_db_iter.cc b/db/arena_wrapped_db_iter.cc
index d2552a2af..b7959491c 100644
--- a/db/arena_wrapped_db_iter.cc
+++ b/db/arena_wrapped_db_iter.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void ArenaWrappedDBIter::Init(
   sv_number_ = version_number;
   read_options_ = read_options;
   allow_refresh_ = allow_refresh;
+  memtable_range_tombstone_iter_ = nullptr;
 }
 
 Status ArenaWrappedDBIter::Refresh() {
@@ -92,9 +93,15 @@ Status ArenaWrappedDBIter::Refresh() {
         auto t = sv->mem->NewRangeTombstoneIterator(
             read_options_, latest_seq, false /* immutable_memtable */);
         if (!t || t->empty()) {
+          // If memtable_range_tombstone_iter_ points to a non-empty tombstone
+          // iterator, then it means sv->mem is not the memtable that
+          // memtable_range_tombstone_iter_ points to, so SV must have changed
+          // after the sv_number_ != cur_sv_number check above. We will fall
+          // back to re-init the InternalIterator, and the tombstone iterator
+          // will be freed during db_iter destruction there.
           if (memtable_range_tombstone_iter_) {
-            delete *memtable_range_tombstone_iter_;
-            *memtable_range_tombstone_iter_ = nullptr;
+            assert(!*memtable_range_tombstone_iter_ ||
+                   sv_number_ != cfd_->GetSuperVersionNumber());
           }
           delete t;
         } else {  // current mutable memtable has range tombstones
diff --git a/db/db_iter.cc b/db/db_iter.cc
index 6e026763e..bce471129 100644
--- a/db/db_iter.cc
+++ b/db/db_iter.cc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ DBIter::DBIter(Env* _env, const ReadOptions& read_options,
   if (iter_.iter()) {
     iter_.iter()->SetPinnedItersMgr(&pinned_iters_mgr_);
   }
+  status_.PermitUncheckedError();
   assert(timestamp_size_ == user_comparator_.timestamp_size());
 }
 
diff --git a/db/db_range_del_test.cc b/db/db_range_del_test.cc
index a6e8d05f5..0b6962b64 100644
--- a/db/db_range_del_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_range_del_test.cc
@@ -2687,6 +2687,23 @@ TEST_F(DBRangeDelTest, PrefixSentinelKey) {
   delete iter;
 }
 
+TEST_F(DBRangeDelTest, RefreshMemtableIter) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.disable_auto_compactions = true;
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+  ASSERT_OK(
+      db_->DeleteRange(WriteOptions(), db_->DefaultColumnFamily(), "a", "z"));
+  ReadOptions ro;
+  ro.read_tier = kMemtableTier;
+  std::unique_ptr<Iterator> iter{db_->NewIterator(ro)};
+  ASSERT_OK(Flush());
+  // First refresh reinits iter, which had a bug where
+  // iter.memtable_range_tombstone_iter_ was not set to nullptr, and caused
+  // subsequent refresh to double free.
+  ASSERT_OK(iter->Refresh());
+  ASSERT_OK(iter->Refresh());
+}
+
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
 
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE