diff --git a/flink/v2.3/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/DataConverter.java b/flink/v2.3/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/DataConverter.java
index 34da5efd940f..0234c01d6412 100644
--- a/flink/v2.3/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/DataConverter.java
+++ b/flink/v2.3/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/DataConverter.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class RowDataConverter implements DataConverter {
     @Override
     public RowData convert(Object object) {
       RowData sourceData = (RowData) object;
-      GenericRowData targetData = new GenericRowData(fieldGetters.length);
+      GenericRowData targetData = new GenericRowData(sourceData.getRowKind(), fieldGetters.length);
       for (int i = 0; i < fieldGetters.length; i++) {
         Object value = fieldGetters[i].getFieldOrNull(sourceData);
         targetData.setField(i, dataConverters[i].convert(value));
diff --git a/flink/v2.3/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/TestRowDataConverter.java b/flink/v2.3/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/TestRowDataConverter.java
index 7c179f793af7..cd3971ea73e2 100644
--- a/flink/v2.3/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/TestRowDataConverter.java
+++ b/flink/v2.3/flink/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/dynamic/TestRowDataConverter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.flink.table.data.RowData;
 import org.apache.flink.table.data.StringData;
 import org.apache.flink.table.data.TimestampData;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.flink.DataGenerator;
 import org.apache.iceberg.flink.DataGenerators;
@@ -76,6 +77,14 @@ void testAddColumn() {
         .isEqualTo(GenericRowData.of(1, StringData.fromString("a"), null));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testPreservesRowKind() {
+    RowData deleteRow = SimpleDataUtil.createRowData(1, "a");
+    deleteRow.setRowKind(RowKind.DELETE);
+
+    assertThat(convert(deleteRow, SCHEMA, SCHEMA2).getRowKind()).isEqualTo(RowKind.DELETE);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testAddRequiredColumn() {
     Schema currentSchema = new Schema(Types.NestedField.optional(1, "id", Types.IntegerType.get()));