diff --git a/lib/Service/DocumentService.php b/lib/Service/DocumentService.php
index a316d6210ba..01fdde4bb4a 100644
--- a/lib/Service/DocumentService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/DocumentService.php
@@ -424,9 +424,10 @@ public function resetDocument(int $documentId, bool $force = false): void {
 
 			$this->stepMapper->deleteBeforeVersion($documentId, $document->getLastSavedVersion());
 			$this->sessionMapper->deleteByDocumentId($documentId);
-			$this->documentMapper->delete($document);
 
 			if ($force) {
+				$this->stepMapper->deleteAll($documentId);
+				$this->documentMapper->delete($document);
 				$this->getStateFile($documentId)->delete();
 			}
 			$this->logger->debug('document reset for ' . $documentId);