diff --git a/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_manager.go b/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_manager.go
index cd7bc5fad8fbe..9391d50801b07 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_manager.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package deletion
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -94,8 +96,10 @@ func (d *DeleteRequestsManager) mergeShardedRequests(ctx context.Context) error
 		return err
 	}
 
-	deletesPerRequest := partitionByRequestID(deleteGroups)
-	deleteRequests := mergeDeletes(deletesPerRequest)
+	slices.SortFunc(deleteGroups, func(a, b DeleteRequest) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.RequestID, b.RequestID)
+	})
+	deleteRequests := mergeDeletes(deleteGroups)
 	for _, req := range deleteRequests {
 		// do not consider requests which do not have an id. Request ID won't be set in some tests or there is a bug in our code for loading requests.
 		if req.RequestID == "" {
@@ -108,17 +112,38 @@ func (d *DeleteRequestsManager) mergeShardedRequests(ctx context.Context) error
 			continue
 		}
 		// do not do anything if we are not done with processing all the shards or the number of shards is 1
-		if req.Status != StatusProcessed || len(deletesPerRequest[req.RequestID]) == 1 {
+		if req.Status != StatusProcessed {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var idxStart, idxEnd int
+		for i := range deleteGroups {
+			if req.RequestID == deleteGroups[i].RequestID {
+				idxStart = i
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		for i := len(deleteGroups) - 1; i > 0; i-- {
+			if req.RequestID == deleteGroups[i].RequestID {
+				idxEnd = i
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		// do not do anything if the number of shards is 1
+		if idxStart == idxEnd {
 			continue
 		}
+		reqShards := deleteGroups[idxStart : idxEnd+1]
 
 		level.Info(util_log.Logger).Log("msg", "merging sharded request",
 			"request_id", req.RequestID,
-			"num_shards", len(deletesPerRequest),
+			"num_shards", len(reqShards),
 			"start_time", req.StartTime.Unix(),
 			"end_time", req.EndTime.Unix(),
 		)
-		if err := d.deleteRequestsStore.MergeShardedRequests(ctx, req, deletesPerRequest[req.RequestID]); err != nil {
+		if err := d.deleteRequestsStore.MergeShardedRequests(ctx, req, reqShards); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_store.go b/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_store.go
index af962862f39f3..405ffef08cb64 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_store.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/deletion/delete_requests_store.go
@@ -292,15 +292,14 @@ func (ds *deleteRequestsStore) queryDeleteRequests(ctx context.Context, deleteQu
 
 func (ds *deleteRequestsStore) deleteRequestsWithDetails(ctx context.Context, partialDeleteRequests []DeleteRequest) ([]DeleteRequest, error) {
 	deleteRequests := make([]DeleteRequest, 0, len(partialDeleteRequests))
-	for _, group := range partitionByRequestID(partialDeleteRequests) {
-		for _, deleteRequest := range group {
-			requestWithDetails, err := ds.queryDeleteRequestDetails(ctx, deleteRequest)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			deleteRequests = append(deleteRequests, requestWithDetails)
+	for _, deleteRequest := range partialDeleteRequests {
+		requestWithDetails, err := ds.queryDeleteRequestDetails(ctx, deleteRequest)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
+		deleteRequests = append(deleteRequests, requestWithDetails)
 	}
+
 	return deleteRequests, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/deletion/grpc_request_handler.go b/pkg/compactor/deletion/grpc_request_handler.go
index bf68c397043b4..038c154b31ecd 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/deletion/grpc_request_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/deletion/grpc_request_handler.go
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ func (g *GRPCRequestHandler) GetDeleteRequests(ctx context.Context, _ *grpc.GetD
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	deletesPerRequest := partitionByRequestID(deleteGroups)
-	deleteRequests := mergeDeletes(deletesPerRequest)
+	deleteRequests := mergeDeletes(deleteGroups)
 
 	sort.Slice(deleteRequests, func(i, j int) bool {
 		return deleteRequests[i].CreatedAt < deleteRequests[j].CreatedAt
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/deletion/request_handler.go b/pkg/compactor/deletion/request_handler.go
index 45d5db0918385..448ab7a78dd8e 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/deletion/request_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/deletion/request_handler.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
@@ -141,8 +143,7 @@ func (dm *DeleteRequestHandler) GetAllDeleteRequestsHandler(w http.ResponseWrite
 		return
 	}
 
-	deletesPerRequest := partitionByRequestID(deleteGroups)
-	deleteRequests := mergeDeletes(deletesPerRequest)
+	deleteRequests := mergeDeletes(deleteGroups)
 
 	sort.Slice(deleteRequests, func(i, j int) bool {
 		return deleteRequests[i].CreatedAt < deleteRequests[j].CreatedAt
@@ -155,17 +156,31 @@ func (dm *DeleteRequestHandler) GetAllDeleteRequestsHandler(w http.ResponseWrite
 	}
 }
 
-func mergeDeletes(groups map[string][]DeleteRequest) []DeleteRequest {
+func mergeDeletes(reqs []DeleteRequest) []DeleteRequest {
+	if len(reqs) <= 1 {
+		return reqs
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(reqs, func(a, b DeleteRequest) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.RequestID, b.RequestID)
+	})
 	mergedRequests := []DeleteRequest{} // Declare this way so the return value is [] rather than null
-	for _, deletes := range groups {
-		startTime, endTime, status := mergeData(deletes)
-		newDelete := deletes[0]
+	// find the start and end of shards of same request and merge them
+	i := 0
+	for j := 0; j < len(reqs); j++ {
+		// if this is not the last request in the list and the next request belongs to same shard then keep looking further
+		if j < len(reqs)-1 && reqs[i].RequestID == reqs[j+1].RequestID {
+			continue
+		}
+		startTime, endTime, status := mergeData(reqs[i : j+1])
+		newDelete := reqs[i]
 		newDelete.StartTime = startTime
 		newDelete.EndTime = endTime
 		newDelete.Status = status
 
 		mergedRequests = append(mergedRequests, newDelete)
+		i = j + 1
 	}
+
 	return mergedRequests
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/deletion/util.go b/pkg/compactor/deletion/util.go
index c20da8a4a2602..b71102a4c8715 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/deletion/util.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/deletion/util.go
@@ -34,11 +34,3 @@ func deleteModeFromLimits(l Limits, userID string) (deletionmode.Mode, error) {
 	mode := l.DeletionMode(userID)
 	return deletionmode.ParseMode(mode)
 }
-
-func partitionByRequestID(reqs []DeleteRequest) map[string][]DeleteRequest {
-	groups := make(map[string][]DeleteRequest)
-	for _, req := range reqs {
-		groups[req.RequestID] = append(groups[req.RequestID], req)
-	}
-	return groups
-}