diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index a18633c3..16c6a71d 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -909,10 +909,14 @@ elseif (isset($_POST['post'])) {
 	// Handle cyclical threads
 	if (!$post['op'] && isset($thread['cycle']) && $thread['cycle']) {
 		// Query is a bit weird due to "This version of MariaDB doesn't yet support 'LIMIT & IN/ALL/ANY/SOME subquery'" (MariaDB Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.0.17-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64))
-		$query = prepare(sprintf('DELETE FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `thread` = :thread AND `id` NOT IN (SELECT `id` FROM (SELECT `id` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `thread` = :thread ORDER BY `id` DESC LIMIT :limit) i)', $board['uri'], $board['uri']));
+		$query = prepare(sprintf('SELECT `id` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `thread` = :thread AND `id` NOT IN (SELECT `id` FROM (SELECT `id` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `thread` = :thread ORDER BY `id` DESC LIMIT :limit) i)', $board['uri'], $board['uri']));
 		$query->bindValue(':thread', $post['thread']);
 		$query->bindValue(':limit', $config['cycle_limit'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
 		$query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
+
+		while ($dpost = $query->fetch()) {
+			deletePost($dpost['id'], false, false);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	if (isset($post['antispam_hash'])) {