diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis.h b/include/asterisk/stasis.h
index 8e9c6c7be9b293eaa6518999866f496625f50e30..275dc1e174e07ac44c4a1c8e893c5a1390f5a1ac 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis.h
@@ -930,7 +930,8 @@ struct stasis_topic *stasis_topic_pool_get_topic(struct stasis_topic_pool *pool,
  * \brief Delete a topic from the topic pool
  *
  * \param pool Pool from which to delete the topic
- * \param topic_name Name of the topic to delete
+ * \param topic_name Name of the topic to delete in the form of
+ *                   <pool_topic_name>/<topic_name> or just <topic_name>
  *
  * \since 13.24
  * \since 15.6
diff --git a/main/stasis.c b/main/stasis.c
index 9d7c11fe5474636b86778c0991d9c41bccb25e96..67ed9a60b075173b6b75781c9bd1d139db8c5f81 100644
--- a/main/stasis.c
+++ b/main/stasis.c
@@ -1855,7 +1855,22 @@ struct stasis_topic_pool *stasis_topic_pool_create(struct stasis_topic *pooled_t
 
 void stasis_topic_pool_delete_topic(struct stasis_topic_pool *pool, const char *topic_name)
 {
-	ao2_find(pool->pool_container, topic_name, OBJ_SEARCH_KEY | OBJ_NODATA | OBJ_UNLINK);
+	/*
+	 * The topic_name passed in could be a fully-qualified name like <pool_topic_name>/<topic_name>
+	 * or just <topic_name>.  If it's fully qualified, we need to skip past <pool_topic_name>
+	 * name and search only on <topic_name>.
+	 */
+	const char *pool_topic_name = stasis_topic_name(pool->pool_topic);
+	int pool_topic_name_len = strlen(pool_topic_name);
+	const char *search_topic_name;
+
+	if (strncmp(pool_topic_name, topic_name, pool_topic_name_len) == 0) {
+		search_topic_name = topic_name + pool_topic_name_len + 1;
+	} else {
+		search_topic_name = topic_name;
+	}
+
+	ao2_find(pool->pool_container, search_topic_name, OBJ_SEARCH_KEY | OBJ_NODATA | OBJ_UNLINK);
 }
 
 struct stasis_topic *stasis_topic_pool_get_topic(struct stasis_topic_pool *pool, const char *topic_name)