diff --git a/tests/check-qom-proplist.c b/tests/check-qom-proplist.c
index 1be8b9e6f2..e674c0fa89 100644
--- a/tests/check-qom-proplist.c
+++ b/tests/check-qom-proplist.c
@@ -152,6 +152,148 @@ static const TypeInfo dummy_info = {
     .class_size = sizeof(DummyObjectClass),
 };
 
+
+/*
+ * The following 3 object classes are used to
+ * simulate the kind of relationships seen in
+ * qdev, which result in complex object
+ * property destruction ordering.
+ *
+ * DummyDev has a 'bus' child to a DummyBus
+ * DummyBus has a 'backend' child to a DummyBackend
+ * DummyDev has a 'backend' link to DummyBackend
+ *
+ * When DummyDev is finalized, it unparents the
+ * DummyBackend, which unparents the DummyDev
+ * which deletes the 'backend' link from DummyDev
+ * to DummyBackend. This illustrates that the
+ * object_property_del_all() method needs to
+ * cope with the list of properties being changed
+ * while it iterates over them.
+ */
+typedef struct DummyDev DummyDev;
+typedef struct DummyDevClass DummyDevClass;
+typedef struct DummyBus DummyBus;
+typedef struct DummyBusClass DummyBusClass;
+typedef struct DummyBackend DummyBackend;
+typedef struct DummyBackendClass DummyBackendClass;
+
+#define TYPE_DUMMY_DEV "qemu-dummy-dev"
+#define TYPE_DUMMY_BUS "qemu-dummy-bus"
+#define TYPE_DUMMY_BACKEND "qemu-dummy-backend"
+
+#define DUMMY_DEV(obj)                               \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(DummyDev, (obj), TYPE_DUMMY_DEV)
+#define DUMMY_BUS(obj)                               \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(DummyBus, (obj), TYPE_DUMMY_BUS)
+#define DUMMY_BACKEND(obj)                               \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(DummyBackend, (obj), TYPE_DUMMY_BACKEND)
+
+struct DummyDev {
+    Object parent_obj;
+
+    DummyBus *bus;
+};
+
+struct DummyDevClass {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+};
+
+struct DummyBus {
+    Object parent_obj;
+
+    DummyBackend *backend;
+};
+
+struct DummyBusClass {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+};
+
+struct DummyBackend {
+    Object parent_obj;
+};
+
+struct DummyBackendClass {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+};
+
+
+static void dummy_dev_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    DummyDev *dev = DUMMY_DEV(obj);
+    DummyBus *bus = DUMMY_BUS(object_new(TYPE_DUMMY_BUS));
+    DummyBackend *backend = DUMMY_BACKEND(object_new(TYPE_DUMMY_BACKEND));
+
+    object_property_add_child(obj, "bus", OBJECT(bus), NULL);
+    dev->bus = bus;
+    object_property_add_child(OBJECT(bus), "backend", OBJECT(backend), NULL);
+    bus->backend = backend;
+
+    object_property_add_link(obj, "backend", TYPE_DUMMY_BACKEND,
+                             (Object **)&bus->backend, NULL, 0, NULL);
+}
+
+static void dummy_dev_unparent(Object *obj)
+{
+    DummyDev *dev = DUMMY_DEV(obj);
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(dev->bus));
+}
+
+static void dummy_dev_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *opaque)
+{
+    klass->unparent = dummy_dev_unparent;
+}
+
+
+static void dummy_bus_init(Object *obj)
+{
+}
+
+static void dummy_bus_unparent(Object *obj)
+{
+    DummyBus *bus = DUMMY_BUS(obj);
+    object_property_del(obj->parent, "backend", NULL);
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(bus->backend));
+}
+
+static void dummy_bus_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *opaque)
+{
+    klass->unparent = dummy_bus_unparent;
+}
+
+static void dummy_backend_init(Object *obj)
+{
+}
+
+
+static const TypeInfo dummy_dev_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_DUMMY_DEV,
+    .parent        = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(DummyDev),
+    .instance_init = dummy_dev_init,
+    .class_size = sizeof(DummyDevClass),
+    .class_init = dummy_dev_class_init,
+};
+
+static const TypeInfo dummy_bus_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_DUMMY_BUS,
+    .parent        = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(DummyBus),
+    .instance_init = dummy_bus_init,
+    .class_size = sizeof(DummyBusClass),
+    .class_init = dummy_bus_class_init,
+};
+
+static const TypeInfo dummy_backend_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_DUMMY_BACKEND,
+    .parent        = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(DummyBackend),
+    .instance_init = dummy_backend_init,
+    .class_size = sizeof(DummyBackendClass),
+};
+
+
+
 static void test_dummy_createv(void)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
@@ -331,18 +473,35 @@ static void test_dummy_iterator(void)
 }
 
 
+static void test_dummy_delchild(void)
+{
+    Object *parent = object_get_objects_root();
+    DummyDev *dev = DUMMY_DEV(
+        object_new_with_props(TYPE_DUMMY_DEV,
+                              parent,
+                              "dev0",
+                              &error_abort,
+                              NULL));
+
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
     type_register_static(&dummy_info);
+    type_register_static(&dummy_dev_info);
+    type_register_static(&dummy_bus_info);
+    type_register_static(&dummy_backend_info);
 
     g_test_add_func("/qom/proplist/createlist", test_dummy_createlist);
     g_test_add_func("/qom/proplist/createv", test_dummy_createv);
     g_test_add_func("/qom/proplist/badenum", test_dummy_badenum);
     g_test_add_func("/qom/proplist/getenum", test_dummy_getenum);
     g_test_add_func("/qom/proplist/iterator", test_dummy_iterator);
+    g_test_add_func("/qom/proplist/delchild", test_dummy_delchild);
 
     return g_test_run();
 }