diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
index bff3bac7d1a..b78ae9c4993 100644
--- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
+++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
@@ -1832,6 +1832,7 @@ watchpoint_del_at_next_stop (struct watchpoint *w)
       w->related_breakpoint = w;
     }
   w->disposition = disp_del_at_next_stop;
+  disable_breakpoint(w);
 }
 
 /* Extract a bitfield value from value VAL using the bit parameters contained in
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d02e87e571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    printf ("%d", i);
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..863f3eff66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This file is part of the GDB testsuite.  It checks Watchpoints
+# are deleted after used.
+
+load_lib gdb-python.exp
+
+standard_testfile
+
+if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile]} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Skip all tests if Python scripting is not enabled.
+if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue }
+
+if ![runto_main] then {
+    return 0
+}
+
+#
+# Check Watchpoints are deleted after used
+#
+
+gdb_test "set can-use-hw-watchpoints 0" ".*" "Don't use hardware watchpoints"
+gdb_test "python print (len(gdb.breakpoints()))" "1" "check default BP count"
+gdb_test "source ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}.py" ".*Python script imported.*" \
+	 "import python scripts"
+gdb_test "python print (len(gdb.breakpoints()))" "2" "check modified BP count"
+gdb_test "continue" ".*Watchpoint Hit: 4.*" "run until program stops"
+gdb_test "python print (len(gdb.breakpoints()))" "1" "check BP count"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.py b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..855c820b245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-watchpoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This file is part of the GDB testsuite.  It checks Watchpoints
+# are deleted after used.
+
+class MyBreakpoint(gdb.Breakpoint):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        gdb.Breakpoint.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.i = 0
+    def stop(self):
+        self.i += 1
+        print("Watchpoint Hit:", self.i)
+        gdb.execute('print i')
+        return False
+
+MyBreakpoint('i', gdb.BP_WATCHPOINT)
+
+print("Python script imported")
