diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 61814d2..ea067b7 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -865,6 +865,16 @@ sub syncdataset {
 		# those that exist on the source. Remaining are the snapshots
 		# that are only on the target. Then sort to remove the oldest
 		# snapshots first.
+
+		# regather snapshots on source and target
+		%snaps = getsnaps('source',$sourcehost,$sourcefs,$sourceisroot);
+
+                if ($targetexists) {
+                    my %targetsnaps = getsnaps('target',$targethost,$targetfs,$targetisroot);
+                    my %sourcesnaps = %snaps;
+                    %snaps = (%sourcesnaps, %targetsnaps);
+                }
+
 		my @to_delete = sort { sortsnapshots(\%snaps, $a, $b) } grep {!exists $snaps{'source'}{$_}} keys %{ $snaps{'target'} };
 		while (@to_delete) {
 			# Create batch of snapshots to remove