diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileSystem.Windows.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileSystem.Windows.cs
index cc29702789a71f..a49078fd4bbbee 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileSystem.Windows.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileSystem.Windows.cs
@@ -357,32 +357,45 @@ private static void RemoveDirectoryRecursive(string fullPath, ref Interop.Kernel
                         else
                         {
                             // Name surrogate reparse point, don't recurse, simply remove the directory.
-                            // If a mount point, we have to delete the mount point first.
+                            // If a volume mount point, we have to delete the mount point first.
+                            // Note that IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT is used for both volume mount points
+                            // and directory junctions. DeleteVolumeMountPoint only works for volume mount
+                            // points; for directory junctions, RemoveDirectory handles removal directly.
+                            Exception? mountPointException = null;
                             if (findData.dwReserved0 == Interop.Kernel32.IOReparseOptions.IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT)
                             {
                                 // Mount point. Unmount using full path plus a trailing '\'.
                                 // (Note: This doesn't remove the underlying directory)
                                 string mountPoint = Path.Join(fullPath, fileName, PathInternal.DirectorySeparatorCharAsString);
-                                if (!Interop.Kernel32.DeleteVolumeMountPoint(mountPoint) && exception == null)
+                                if (!Interop.Kernel32.DeleteVolumeMountPoint(mountPoint))
                                 {
                                     errorCode = Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError();
                                     if (errorCode != Interop.Errors.ERROR_SUCCESS &&
                                         errorCode != Interop.Errors.ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
                                     {
-                                        exception = Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(errorCode, fileName);
+                                        mountPointException = Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(errorCode, fileName);
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
 
                             // Note that RemoveDirectory on a symbolic link will remove the link itself.
-                            if (!Interop.Kernel32.RemoveDirectory(Path.Combine(fullPath, fileName)) && exception == null)
+                            if (!Interop.Kernel32.RemoveDirectory(Path.Combine(fullPath, fileName)))
                             {
-                                errorCode = Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError();
-                                if (errorCode != Interop.Errors.ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
+                                if (exception == null)
                                 {
-                                    exception = Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(errorCode, fileName);
+                                    errorCode = Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError();
+                                    if (errorCode != Interop.Errors.ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
+                                    {
+                                        // For a true volume mount point, use its error (it indicates why the
+                                        // unmount step failed). If this is a directory junction, RemoveDirectory
+                                        // succeeds and this code path is not reached.
+                                        exception = mountPointException ?? Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(errorCode, fileName);
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
+                            // If RemoveDirectory succeeded, mountPointException is discarded. This correctly
+                            // handles directory junctions: DeleteVolumeMountPoint fails for them (since they
+                            // are not volume mount points), but RemoveDirectory removes them successfully.
                         }
                     }
                 } while (Interop.Kernel32.FindNextFile(handle, ref findData));
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.IO.FileSystem.Tests/Directory/Delete.Windows.cs b/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.IO.FileSystem.Tests/Directory/Delete.Windows.cs
index afe712f9fbab90..84360ffd5a91bb 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.IO.FileSystem.Tests/Directory/Delete.Windows.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.IO.FileSystem.Tests/Directory/Delete.Windows.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,33 @@ namespace System.IO.Tests
 {
     public partial class Directory_Delete_str_bool : Directory_Delete_str
     {
+        [Fact]
+        [PlatformSpecific(TestPlatforms.Windows)]
+        public void RecursiveDelete_DirectoryContainingJunction()
+        {
+            // Junctions (NTFS directory junctions) share the IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT reparse
+            // tag with volume mount points, but DeleteVolumeMountPoint only works for volume mount
+            // points. Ensure that recursive delete succeeds when the directory contains a junction.
+            string target = GetTestFilePath();
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(target);
+
+            string linkParent = GetTestFilePath();
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(linkParent);
+
+            string junctionPath = Path.Combine(linkParent, GetTestFileName());
+            Assert.True(MountHelper.CreateJunction(junctionPath, target));
+
+            // Both the junction and the target exist before deletion
+            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(junctionPath), "junction should exist before delete");
+            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(target), "target should exist before delete");
+
+            // Recursive delete of the parent should succeed and remove the junction without following it
+            Delete(linkParent, recursive: true);
+
+            Assert.False(Directory.Exists(linkParent), "parent should be deleted");
+            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(target), "target should still exist after deleting junction");
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         [PlatformSpecific(TestPlatforms.Windows)]
         public void RecursiveDelete_NoListDirectoryPermission() // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/56922