diff --git a/test/s3/versioning/s3_directory_versioning_test.go b/test/s3/versioning/s3_directory_versioning_test.go
index 4ea77bf27..4e9e38611 100644
--- a/test/s3/versioning/s3_directory_versioning_test.go
+++ b/test/s3/versioning/s3_directory_versioning_test.go
@@ -543,12 +543,12 @@ func TestSuspendedVersioningDeleteBehavior(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, listResp.Versions, 3, "Should be back to 3 versions after deleting null version")
-	// A suspended-versioning DELETE removes the null version and records a delete
-	// marker so the object reads as deleted (without one, an older version would
-	// resurface). AWS keeps a single null marker that overwrites; SeaweedFS does
-	// not yet collapse to one (suspended-marker id/dedup is tracked separately),
-	// so assert the invariant - a marker is recorded - rather than an exact count.
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, listResp.DeleteMarkers, "Suspended delete should record a delete marker")
+	// A suspended-versioning DELETE removes the null version and records a single
+	// null delete marker that overwrites any prior one (S3 spec), so the object
+	// reads as deleted without markers piling up.
+	require.Len(t, listResp.DeleteMarkers, 1, "Suspended delete should record exactly one null delete marker")
+	assert.Equal(t, "null", aws.ToString(listResp.DeleteMarkers[0].VersionId), "Suspended delete marker should have version id null")
+	assert.Equal(t, objectKey, aws.ToString(listResp.DeleteMarkers[0].Key), "Delete marker should be for the deleted object")
 
 	// Verify null version is gone
 	nullVersionFound = false
@@ -609,7 +609,19 @@ func TestSuspendedVersioningDeleteBehavior(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, listResp.Versions, 4, "Should have 3 original versions + 1 new version")
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, listResp.DeleteMarkers, "Re-enabled delete should record a delete marker")
+	// The historical null suspended marker plus the new enabled-mode delete marker.
+	require.Len(t, listResp.DeleteMarkers, 2, "Should have the null suspended marker and the enabled-mode delete marker")
+	var sawNull, sawEnabled bool
+	for _, dm := range listResp.DeleteMarkers {
+		assert.Equal(t, objectKey, aws.ToString(dm.Key), "Delete marker should be for the deleted object")
+		if aws.ToString(dm.VersionId) == "null" {
+			sawNull = true
+		} else {
+			sawEnabled = true
+		}
+	}
+	assert.True(t, sawNull, "Suspended phase should leave a null delete marker")
+	assert.True(t, sawEnabled, "Enabled delete should add a real-version-id delete marker")
 
 	t.Logf("Successfully verified suspended versioning delete behavior")
 }
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go
index 1a1a9e0e1..7daaa2469 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go
@@ -152,12 +152,13 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) deleteVersionedObject(r *http.Request, bucket, object, v
 			glog.Errorf("deleteVersionedObject: failed to delete null version for %s/%s: %v", bucket, object, err)
 			return result, s3err.ErrInternalError
 		}
-		deleteMarkerVersionId, err := s3a.createDeleteMarker(bucket, object)
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("deleteVersionedObject: failed to create delete marker for suspended versioning %s/%s: %v", bucket, object, err)
+		// Suspended versioning overwrites the null version with a single null delete
+		// marker (S3 spec), so the marker replaces any prior one instead of piling up.
+		if err := s3a.createNullDeleteMarker(bucket, object); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("deleteVersionedObject: failed to create null delete marker for suspended versioning %s/%s: %v", bucket, object, err)
 			return result, s3err.ErrInternalError
 		}
-		result.versionId = deleteMarkerVersionId
+		result.versionId = "null"
 		result.deleteMarker = true
 		return result, s3err.ErrNone
 	}
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_versioning.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_versioning.go
index 53ae975f1..5c67436f3 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_versioning.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_versioning.go
@@ -257,6 +257,56 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) createDeleteMarker(bucket, object string) (string, error
 	return versionId, nil
 }
 
+// createNullDeleteMarker records a suspended-versioning delete as a single "null"
+// delete marker. Unlike createDeleteMarker (enabled versioning, where each delete is
+// a distinct historical marker), a suspended delete overwrites the null version per
+// the S3 spec, so this reuses the "null" version id and its fixed file name (v_null):
+// repeated suspended deletes collapse onto one marker instead of accumulating, and a
+// later suspended PUT removes it via putSuspendedVersioningObject's null-version
+// cleanup. The latest-version pointer is set explicitly (not recomputed) because
+// "null" does not sort as the newest version id.
+func (s3a *S3ApiServer) createNullDeleteMarker(bucket, object string) error {
+	cleanObject := strings.TrimPrefix(object, "/")
+	bucketDir := s3a.bucketDir(bucket)
+	versionsDir := bucketDir + "/" + cleanObject + s3_constants.VersionsFolder
+	versionFileName := s3a.getVersionFileName("null")
+
+	mtime := time.Now().Unix()
+	markerExtended := map[string][]byte{
+		s3_constants.ExtVersionIdKey:    []byte("null"),
+		s3_constants.ExtDeleteMarkerKey: []byte("true"),
+	}
+
+	if err := s3a.mkFile(versionsDir, versionFileName, nil, func(entry *filer_pb.Entry) {
+		entry.IsDirectory = false
+		if entry.Attributes == nil {
+			entry.Attributes = &filer_pb.FuseAttributes{}
+		}
+		entry.Attributes.Mtime = mtime
+		if entry.Extended == nil {
+			entry.Extended = make(map[string][]byte)
+		}
+		for k, v := range markerExtended {
+			entry.Extended[k] = v
+		}
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create null delete marker in .versions directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	markerEntry := &filer_pb.Entry{
+		Name:        versionFileName,
+		IsDirectory: false,
+		Attributes:  &filer_pb.FuseAttributes{Mtime: mtime},
+		Extended:    markerExtended,
+	}
+	if err := s3a.updateLatestVersionInDirectory(bucket, cleanObject, "null", versionFileName, markerEntry); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to point latest at null delete marker for %s/%s: %w", bucket, object, err)
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("createNullDeleteMarker: recorded null delete marker for %s/%s", bucket, object)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // versionListItem represents an item in the unified version/prefix list
 type versionListItem struct {
 	key         string