diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/283938_cascade_delete_inheriting_services.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/283938_cascade_delete_inheriting_services.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..25989863327386f9504644fbbf7f11fad9d88ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/283938_cascade_delete_inheriting_services.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Change services.inherit_from_id foreign key to ON DELETE CASCADE
+merge_request: 48163
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/db/migrate/20201119162801_change_services_inherit_from_id_foreign_key.rb b/db/migrate/20201119162801_change_services_inherit_from_id_foreign_key.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7f12fcf7268072a994febe906a9be7c6f6c1f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20201119162801_change_services_inherit_from_id_foreign_key.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ChangeServicesInheritFromIdForeignKey < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    add_concurrent_foreign_key :services, :services, column: :inherit_from_id, on_delete: :cascade, name: 'fk_services_inherit_from_id'
+    remove_foreign_key_if_exists :services, name: 'fk_868a8e7ad6'
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_foreign_key_if_exists :services, name: 'fk_services_inherit_from_id'
+    add_concurrent_foreign_key :services, :services, column: :inherit_from_id, on_delete: :nullify, name: 'fk_868a8e7ad6'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20201119162801 b/db/schema_migrations/20201119162801
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6aa67ad5f660f3cba20902a22d67bb309ecc787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20201119162801
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c41f4649540c23d25f0ae26c3754476409b5e77f53b96db65f2c1fd4a6caf087
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 54888195975e4f2bb3ea3f1246aa7956f2140842..d9e7b2ccc15640777027ada57ae134e5e34e2c21 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -23124,9 +23124,6 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY merge_request_diffs
 ALTER TABLE ONLY ci_pipelines
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_86635dbd80 FOREIGN KEY (project_id) REFERENCES projects(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
 
-ALTER TABLE ONLY services
-    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_868a8e7ad6 FOREIGN KEY (inherit_from_id) REFERENCES services(id) ON DELETE SET NULL;
-
 ALTER TABLE ONLY geo_event_log
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_86c84214ec FOREIGN KEY (repository_renamed_event_id) REFERENCES geo_repository_renamed_events(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
 
@@ -24792,6 +24789,9 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY resource_label_events
 ALTER TABLE ONLY ci_builds_metadata
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_rails_ffcf702a02 FOREIGN KEY (project_id) REFERENCES projects(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
 
+ALTER TABLE ONLY services
+    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_services_inherit_from_id FOREIGN KEY (inherit_from_id) REFERENCES services(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
+
 ALTER TABLE ONLY timelogs
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_timelogs_issues_issue_id FOREIGN KEY (issue_id) REFERENCES issues(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;