diff --git a/.changelog/26213.txt b/.changelog/26213.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a4417a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/26213.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+host volumes: Fixed a bug where volumes with server-terminal allocations could be deleted from clients but not the state store
+```
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go
index 0cb167c32..64544bd1f 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes.go
@@ -143,11 +143,16 @@ func (s *StateStore) deleteHostVolumeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, ns string, id s
 	if obj != nil {
 		vol := obj.(*structs.HostVolume)
 
-		allocs, err := s.AllocsByNodeTerminal(nil, vol.NodeID, false)
+		// we can't use AllocsByNodeTerminal because we only want to filter out
+		// allocs that are client-terminal, not server-terminal
+		allocs, err := s.AllocsByNode(nil, vol.NodeID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not query allocs to check for host volume claims: %w", err)
 		}
 		for _, alloc := range allocs {
+			if alloc.ClientTerminalStatus() {
+				continue
+			}
 			for _, volClaim := range alloc.Job.LookupTaskGroup(alloc.TaskGroup).Volumes {
 				if volClaim.Type == structs.VolumeTypeHost && volClaim.Name == vol.Name {
 					return fmt.Errorf("could not delete volume %s in use by alloc %s",
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go
index 8da48a6ad..62bb27505 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_host_volumes_test.go
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ func TestStateStore_HostVolumes_CRUD(t *testing.T) {
 	must.EqError(t, err, fmt.Sprintf(
 		"could not delete volume %s in use by alloc %s", vols[2].ID, alloc.ID))
 
+	alloc = alloc.Copy()
+	alloc.DesiredStatus = structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop
+	index++
+	must.NoError(t, store.UpdateAllocsFromClient(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup,
+		index, []*structs.Allocation{alloc}))
+
+	index++
+	err = store.DeleteHostVolume(index, vol2.Namespace, vols[2].ID)
+	must.EqError(t, err, fmt.Sprintf(
+		"could not delete volume %s in use by alloc %s", vols[2].ID, alloc.ID),
+		must.Sprint("allocs must be client-terminal to delete their volumes"))
+
 	err = store.DeleteHostVolume(index, vol2.Namespace, vols[1].ID)
 	must.NoError(t, err)
 	vol, err = store.HostVolumeByID(nil, vols[1].Namespace, vols[1].ID, true)