diff --git a/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collection.go b/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collection.go
index e393554ab..377152e48 100644
--- a/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collection.go
+++ b/src/internal/m365/onedrive/collection.go
@@ -512,10 +512,14 @@ func (oc *Collection) populateDriveItem(
 		metaSuffix = metadata.DirMetaFileSuffix
 	}
 
-	// Fetch metadata for the file
+	// Fetch metadata for the item
 	itemMeta, itemMetaSize, err = downloadItemMeta(ctx, oc.handler, oc.driveID, item)
 	if err != nil {
-		errs.AddRecoverable(ctx, clues.Wrap(err, "getting item metadata").Label(fault.LabelForceNoBackupCreation))
+		// Skip deleted items
+		if !clues.HasLabel(err, graph.LabelStatus(http.StatusNotFound)) && !graph.IsErrDeletedInFlight(err) {
+			errs.AddRecoverable(ctx, clues.Wrap(err, "getting item metadata").Label(fault.LabelForceNoBackupCreation))
+		}
+
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/services/m365/api/drive.go b/src/pkg/services/m365/api/drive.go
index 85bc0a8ca..e40d7497a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/services/m365/api/drive.go
+++ b/src/pkg/services/m365/api/drive.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (c Drives) GetItemPermission(
 		Permissions().
 		Get(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, graph.Wrap(ctx, err, "getting item metadata").With("item_id", itemID)
+		return nil, graph.Wrap(ctx, err, "getting item permission").With("item_id", itemID)
 	}
 
 	return perm, nil