diff --git a/neutron/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/driver.py b/neutron/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/driver.py
index a9270f36256..769cadbbe33 100644
--- a/neutron/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/driver.py
+++ b/neutron/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/driver.py
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ class Designate(driver.ExternalDNSService):
                 dns_domain, criterion={"name": "%s" % name})
         except (d_exc.NotFound, d_exc.Forbidden):
             raise dns_exc.DNSDomainNotFound(dns_domain=dns_domain)
-        ids = [rec['id'] for rec in recordsets]
-        ips = [str(ip) for rec in recordsets for ip in rec['records']]
-        if set(ips) != set(records):
-            raise dns_exc.DuplicateRecordSet(dns_name=name)
-        return ids
+        return [rec['id'] for rec in recordsets
+                for ip in rec['records']
+                if ip in records]
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_domain_keywords.py b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_domain_keywords.py
index 680cb74c1f3..b1bb595e969 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_domain_keywords.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_domain_keywords.py
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ class DNSDomainKeywordsTestCase(
                               new_dns_name=test_dns_integration.NEWDNSNAME,
                               new_dns_domain=None, **kwargs):
         test_dns_integration.mock_client.reset_mock()
-        ip_addresses = [netaddr.IPAddress(ip['ip_address'])
-                        for ip in port['fixed_ips']]
-        records_v4 = [ip for ip in ip_addresses if ip.version == 4]
-        records_v6 = [ip for ip in ip_addresses if ip.version == 6]
+        records_v4 = [ip['ip_address'] for ip in port['fixed_ips']
+                      if netaddr.IPAddress(ip['ip_address']).version == 4]
+        records_v6 = [ip['ip_address'] for ip in port['fixed_ips']
+                      if netaddr.IPAddress(ip['ip_address']).version == 6]
         recordsets = []
         if records_v4:
             recordsets.append({'id': test_dns_integration.V4UUID,
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_integration.py b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_integration.py
index 3e4300085bf..68c3a61028d 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_integration.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/plugins/ml2/extensions/test_dns_integration.py
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ class DNSIntegrationTestCase(test_plugin.Ml2PluginV2TestCase):
     def _update_port_for_test(self, port, new_dns_name=NEWDNSNAME,
                               new_dns_domain=None, **kwargs):
         mock_client.reset_mock()
-        ip_addresses = [netaddr.IPAddress(ip['ip_address'])
-                        for ip in port['fixed_ips']]
-        records_v4 = [ip for ip in ip_addresses if ip.version == 4]
-        records_v6 = [ip for ip in ip_addresses if ip.version == 6]
+        records_v4 = [ip['ip_address'] for ip in port['fixed_ips']
+                      if netaddr.IPAddress(ip['ip_address']).version == 4]
+        records_v6 = [ip['ip_address'] for ip in port['fixed_ips']
+                      if netaddr.IPAddress(ip['ip_address']).version == 6]
         recordsets = []
         if records_v4:
             recordsets.append({'id': V4UUID, 'records': records_v4})
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/test_driver.py b/neutron/tests/unit/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/test_driver.py
index 63fe978112d..0ca64bb2b8d 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/test_driver.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/services/externaldns/drivers/designate/test_driver.py
@@ -169,6 +169,31 @@ class TestDesignateDriver(base.BaseTestCase):
         )
         self.admin_client.recordsets.delete.assert_not_called()
 
+    def test_delete_single_record_from_two_records(self):
+        # Set up two records similar to test_delete_record_set
+        self.client.recordsets.list.return_value = [
+            {'id': 123, 'records': ['192.168.0.10']},
+            {'id': 456, 'records': ['2001:db8:0:1::1']}
+        ]
+
+        cfg.CONF.set_override(
+            'allow_reverse_dns_lookup', False, group='designate'
+        )
+
+        # Delete only the first record (IPv4) out of the two
+        self.driver.delete_record_set(
+            self.context, 'example.test.', 'test',
+            ['192.168.0.10']
+        )
+
+        # Verify that only the IPv4 record was deleted
+        self.client.recordsets.delete.assert_called_once_with(
+            'example.test.', 123
+        )
+
+        # Admin client should not be called since reverse DNS is disabled
+        self.admin_client.recordsets.delete.assert_not_called()
+
     def test_delete_record_set_with_reverse_dns(self):
         self.client.recordsets.list.return_value = [
             {'id': 123, 'records': ['192.168.0.10']},