diff --git a/cookbook/views/delete.py b/cookbook/views/delete.py
index 60eddfa6a..67e5429b4 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/delete.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/delete.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
+from django.db.models import ProtectedError
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy, reverse
@@ -101,6 +102,13 @@ class StorageDelete(GroupRequiredMixin, DeleteView):
         context['title'] = _("Storage Backend")
         return context
 
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return self.delete(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        except ProtectedError:
+            messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, _('Could not delete this storage backend as it is used in at least one monitor.'))
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('list_storage'))
+
 
 class CommentDelete(OwnerRequiredMixin, DeleteView):
     template_name = "generic/delete_template.html"