diff --git a/lib/Gedmo/Tree/Strategy/ORM/MaterializedPath.php b/lib/Gedmo/Tree/Strategy/ORM/MaterializedPath.php
index 959cd0d334..e5cc506950 100644
--- a/lib/Gedmo/Tree/Strategy/ORM/MaterializedPath.php
+++ b/lib/Gedmo/Tree/Strategy/ORM/MaterializedPath.php
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ public function removeNode($om, $meta, $config, $node)
         $qb = $om->createQueryBuilder();
         $qb->select('e')
             ->from($config['useObjectClass'], 'e')
-            ->where($qb->expr()->like('e.'.$config['path'], $qb->expr()->literal($path.'%')));
+            ->where($qb->expr()->like('e.'.$config['path'], $qb->expr()->literal($path.'%')))
+            ->andWhere($qb->expr()->neq('e.'.$config['path'], $qb->expr()->literal($path)));
         $results = $qb->getQuery()
             ->execute();