diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/HashMap.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/HashMap.java
index 247244da5..3225c437d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/HashMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/HashMap.java
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public class HashMap {
                 } else {
                     n.setNext(n.getNext().getNext());
                 }
+            } else {
+                delete(n.getNext(), key);
             }
         }