diff --git a/src/Val.cc b/src/Val.cc
index 43f69c6c47..ca3bf27191 100644
--- a/src/Val.cc
+++ b/src/Val.cc
@@ -3390,7 +3390,10 @@ bool VectorVal::Insert(unsigned int index, ValPtr element)
 			types_it = std::next(yield_types->begin(), index);
 			}
 		else if ( managed_yield )
-			ZVal::DeleteManagedType(**it);
+			{
+			if ( *it )
+				ZVal::DeleteManagedType(**it);
+			}
 		}
 	else
 		{
@@ -3446,7 +3449,10 @@ bool VectorVal::Remove(unsigned int index)
 		}
 
 	else if ( managed_yield )
-		ZVal::DeleteManagedType(**it);
+		{
+		if ( *it )
+			ZVal::DeleteManagedType(**it);
+		}
 
 	vector_val->erase(it);
 
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector/out
index 8e6c4572b6..b75cf8048e 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector/out
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector/out
@@ -76,3 +76,5 @@ slicing assignment shrink (PASS)
 ? operator (PASS)
 copy of a vector with holes (PASS)
 copy of a vector with trailing holes, [0, 2, 3, 77, , ], [0, 2, 3, 77, , ]
+hole in vector of managed types, 5, [[a=T], [a=T], , , [a=T]]
+hole in vector of managed types after replacing slice, 3, [[a=T], [a=T], ]
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/vector.zeek b/testing/btest/language/vector.zeek
index 0fdd02fd66..a0ef9a9f1e 100644
--- a/testing/btest/language/vector.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/language/vector.zeek
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ function test_case(msg: string, expect: bool)
 # Note: only global vectors can be initialized with curly braces
 global vg1: vector of string = { "curly", "braces" };
 
+type R: record {
+	a: bool &default=T;
+};
+
+
 event zeek_init()
 {
 	local v1: vector of string = vector( "test", "example" );
@@ -205,4 +210,11 @@ event zeek_init()
 	v5[6:] = vector();
 	local v20 = copy(v5);
 	print "copy of a vector with trailing holes", v5, v20;
+
+	local v21 = vector(R(), R());
+	v21[4] = R();
+	print "hole in vector of managed types", |v21|, v21;
+	v21[3:] = vector();
+	print "hole in vector of managed types after replacing slice", |v21|, v21;
+
 }