diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fb06cd696d..19e1afe28c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.2.7
+ * Avoid read repairing purgeable tombstones on range slices (CASSANDRA-11427)
  * Restore ability to filter on clustering columns when using a 2i (CASSANDRA-11510)
  * JSON datetime formatting needs timezone (CASSANDRA-11137)
  * Fix is_dense recalculation for Thrift-updated tables (CASSANDRA-11502)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
index 79c9af2e36..abd41e73f4 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
@@ -2293,6 +2293,9 @@ public class ColumnFamilyStore implements ColumnFamilyStoreMBean
                     removeDroppedColumns(data);
                 }
 
+                // remove purgable tombstones from result - see CASSANDRA-11427
+                data.purgeTombstones(gcBefore(filter.timestamp));
+
                 rows.add(new Row(rawRow.key, data));
                 if (!ignoreTombstonedPartitions || !data.hasOnlyTombstones(filter.timestamp))
                     matched++;