diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/sync/worker.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/sync/worker.go
index beaf67848c0..3128e397bd9 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/sync/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/sync/worker.go
@@ -379,8 +379,12 @@ func (r *syncJob) deleteObject(ctx context.Context, path string, ref string) job
 		return result
 	}
 
-	// Find the referenced file
-	objName, _ := resources.NamesFromHashedRepoPath(r.repository.Config().Name, path)
+	objName := obj.GetName()
+	if objName == "" {
+		// Find the referenced file
+		objName, _ = resources.NamesFromHashedRepoPath(r.repository.Config().Name, path)
+	}
+
 	result.Name = objName
 	result.Resource = gvk.Kind
 	result.Group = gvk.Group
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/parser.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/parser.go
index 52147acddec..201ea39f0d3 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/parser.go
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ func (r *Parser) Parse(ctx context.Context, info *repository.FileInfo, validate
 	})
 
 	objName, folderName := NamesFromHashedRepoPath(cfg.Name, info.Path)
-	obj.SetName(objName)
+	if obj.GetName() == "" {
+		obj.SetName(objName) // use the name saved in config
+	}
 	obj.SetUID("")             // clear identifiers
 	obj.SetResourceVersion("") // clear identifiers
 	parsed.Meta.SetFolder(folderName)