diff --git a/registry/remote/repository.go b/registry/remote/repository.go
index fc4f6bf6..769f614d 100644
--- a/registry/remote/repository.go
+++ b/registry/remote/repository.go
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ func (s *manifestStore) deleteWithIndexing(ctx context.Context, target ocispec.D
 		if err := limitSize(target, s.repo.MaxMetadataBytes); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		ctx = registryutil.WithScopeHint(ctx, s.repo.Reference, auth.ActionPull, auth.ActionDelete)
 		manifestJSON, err := content.FetchAll(ctx, s, target)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err