diff --git a/django/db/models/deletion.py b/django/db/models/deletion.py
index 1c3a582fc5..e4cd89233c 100644
--- a/django/db/models/deletion.py
+++ b/django/db/models/deletion.py
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ class Collector(object):
         self.using = using
         # Initially, {model: set([instances])}, later values become lists.
         self.data = {}
-        self.field_updates = {} # {model: {(field, value): set([instances])}}
+        self.field_updates = {}  # {model: {(field, value): set([instances])}}
         # fast_deletes is a list of queryset-likes that can be deleted without
         # fetching the objects into memory.
-        self.fast_deletes = [] 
+        self.fast_deletes = []
 
         # Tracks deletion-order dependency for databases without transactions
         # or ability to defer constraint checks. Only concrete model classes
         # should be included, as the dependencies exist only between actual
         # database tables; proxy models are represented here by their concrete
         # parent.
-        self.dependencies = {} # {model: set([models])}
+        self.dependencies = {}  # {model: set([models])}
 
     def add(self, objs, source=None, nullable=False, reverse_dependency=False):
         """
@@ -262,6 +262,14 @@ class Collector(object):
         self.data = SortedDict([(model, self.data[model])
                                 for model in sorted_models])
 
+    def send_post_delete_signals(self, model, instances):
+        if model._meta.auto_created:
+            return
+        for obj in instances:
+            signals.post_delete.send(
+                sender=model, instance=obj, using=self.using
+            )
+
     @force_managed
     def delete(self):
         # sort instance collections
@@ -300,13 +308,7 @@ class Collector(object):
             query = sql.DeleteQuery(model)
             pk_list = [obj.pk for obj in instances]
             query.delete_batch(pk_list, self.using)
-
-        # send post_delete signals
-        for model, obj in self.instances_with_model():
-            if not model._meta.auto_created:
-                signals.post_delete.send(
-                    sender=model, instance=obj, using=self.using
-                )
+            self.send_post_delete_signals(model, instances)
 
         # update collected instances
         for model, instances_for_fieldvalues in six.iteritems(self.field_updates):
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py
index 20b815c33d..5d7b7a0b33 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py
@@ -229,6 +229,18 @@ class DeletionTests(TestCase):
         models.signals.post_delete.disconnect(log_post_delete)
         models.signals.post_delete.disconnect(log_pre_delete)
 
+    def test_relational_post_delete_signals_happen_before_parent_object(self):
+        def log_post_delete(instance, **kwargs):
+            self.assertTrue(R.objects.filter(pk=instance.r_id))
+
+        models.signals.post_delete.connect(log_post_delete, sender=S)
+
+        r = R.objects.create(pk=1)
+        S.objects.create(pk=1, r=r)
+        r.delete()
+
+        models.signals.post_delete.disconnect(log_post_delete)
+
     @skipUnlessDBFeature("can_defer_constraint_checks")
     def test_can_defer_constraint_checks(self):
         u = User.objects.create(