--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/db/BrowserProvider.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/db/BrowserProvider.java
@@ -708,17 +708,19 @@ public class BrowserProvider extends Sha
         }
 
         if (gridLimitParam == null) {
             suggestedGridLimit = getContext().getResources().getInteger(R.integer.number_of_top_sites);
         } else {
             suggestedGridLimit = Integer.parseInt(gridLimitParam, 10);
         }
 
-        final String pinnedSitesFromClause = "FROM " + TABLE_BOOKMARKS + " WHERE " + Bookmarks.PARENT + " == " + Bookmarks.FIXED_PINNED_LIST_ID;
+        final String pinnedSitesFromClause = "FROM " + TABLE_BOOKMARKS + " WHERE " +
+                                             Bookmarks.PARENT + " == " + Bookmarks.FIXED_PINNED_LIST_ID +
+                                             " AND " + Bookmarks.IS_DELETED + " IS NOT 1";
 
         // Ideally we'd use a recursive CTE to generate our sequence, e.g. something like this worked at one point:
         // " WITH RECURSIVE" +
         // " cnt(x) AS (VALUES(1) UNION ALL SELECT x+1 FROM cnt WHERE x < 6)" +
         // However that requires SQLite >= 3.8.3 (available on Android >= 5.0), so in the meantime
         // we use a temporary numbers table.
         // Note: SQLite rowids are 1-indexed, whereas we're expecting 0-indexed values for the position. Our numbers
         // table starts at position = 0, which ensures the correct results here.
@@ -919,18 +921,17 @@ public class BrowserProvider extends Sha
                         Bookmarks._ID + ", " +
                         Bookmarks._ID + " AS " + TopSites.BOOKMARK_ID + ", " +
                         " -1 AS " + TopSites.HISTORY_ID + ", " +
                         Bookmarks.URL + ", " +
                         Bookmarks.TITLE + ", " +
                         Bookmarks.POSITION + ", " +
                         "NULL AS " + Combined.HISTORY_ID + ", " +
                         TopSites.TYPE_PINNED + " as " + TopSites.TYPE +
-                        " FROM " + TABLE_BOOKMARKS +
-                        " WHERE " + Bookmarks.PARENT + " == " + Bookmarks.FIXED_PINNED_LIST_ID +
+                        " " + pinnedSitesFromClause +
 
                         " ORDER BY " + Bookmarks.POSITION,
 
                         null);
 
             c.setNotificationUri(getContext().getContentResolver(),
                                  BrowserContract.AUTHORITY_URI);