diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ffeeb2932a..b66a1f69f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@
  * RateBasedBackPressure unnecessarily invokes a lock on the Guava RateLimiter (CASSANDRA-14163)
  * Fix wildcard GROUP BY queries (CASSANDRA-14209)
 Merged from 3.0:
+ * Fix corrupted static collection deletions in 3.0 -> 2.{1,2} messages (CASSANDRA-14568)
  * Fix potential IndexOutOfBoundsException with counters (CASSANDRA-14167)
  * Always close RT markers returned by ReadCommand#executeLocally() (CASSANDRA-14515)
  * Reverse order queries with range tombstones can cause data loss (CASSANDRA-14513)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/partitions/PartitionUpdate.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/partitions/PartitionUpdate.java
index 2dc566a83c..b7934202d7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/partitions/PartitionUpdate.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/partitions/PartitionUpdate.java
@@ -118,23 +118,39 @@ public class PartitionUpdate extends AbstractBTreePartition
      *
      * @param metadata the metadata for the created update.
      * @param key the partition key for the partition to update.
-     * @param row the row for the update.
+     * @param row the row for the update (may be null).
+     * @param row the static row for the update (may be null).
+     *
+     * @return the newly created partition update containing only {@code row}.
+     */
+    public static PartitionUpdate singleRowUpdate(TableMetadata metadata, DecoratedKey key, Row row, Row staticRow)
+    {
+        MutableDeletionInfo deletionInfo = MutableDeletionInfo.live();
+        Holder holder = new Holder(
+            new RegularAndStaticColumns(
+                staticRow == null ? Columns.NONE : Columns.from(staticRow.columns()),
+                row == null ? Columns.NONE : Columns.from(row.columns())
+            ),
+            row == null ? BTree.empty() : BTree.singleton(row),
+            deletionInfo,
+            staticRow == null ? Rows.EMPTY_STATIC_ROW : staticRow,
+            EncodingStats.NO_STATS
+        );
+        return new PartitionUpdate(metadata, key, holder, deletionInfo, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an immutable partition update that contains a single row update.
+     *
+     * @param metadata the metadata for the created update.
+     * @param key the partition key for the partition to update.
+     * @param row the row for the update (may be static).
      *
      * @return the newly created partition update containing only {@code row}.
      */
     public static PartitionUpdate singleRowUpdate(TableMetadata metadata, DecoratedKey key, Row row)
     {
-        MutableDeletionInfo deletionInfo = MutableDeletionInfo.live();
-        if (row.isStatic())
-        {
-            Holder holder = new Holder(new RegularAndStaticColumns(Columns.from(row.columns()), Columns.NONE), BTree.empty(), deletionInfo, row, EncodingStats.NO_STATS);
-            return new PartitionUpdate(metadata, key, holder, deletionInfo, false);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Holder holder = new Holder(new RegularAndStaticColumns(Columns.NONE, Columns.from(row.columns())), BTree.singleton(row), deletionInfo, Rows.EMPTY_STATIC_ROW, EncodingStats.NO_STATS);
-            return new PartitionUpdate(metadata, key, holder, deletionInfo, false);
-        }
+        return singleRowUpdate(metadata, key, row.isStatic() ? null : row, row.isStatic() ? row : null);
     }
 
     /**