diff --git a/scripts/featured b/scripts/featured
index 24cfa77..1d443d2 100644
--- a/scripts/featured
+++ b/scripts/featured
@@ -266,8 +266,12 @@ class FeatureHandler(object):
             return False
 
         if not enable and not disable:
-            syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, "Unexpected state value '{}' for feature {}"
-                          .format(feature.state, feature.name))
+            # state=None means the FEATURE entry was deleted by a concurrent uninstall
+            # while this notification was queued — not an error.  Any other non-None
+            # value here is a genuinely unexpected state and should be flagged.
+            if feature.state is not None:
+                syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, "Unexpected state value '{}' for feature {}"
+                              .format(feature.state, feature.name))
             return False
 
         if feature.delayed and not self.is_delayed_enabled:
@@ -323,6 +327,12 @@ class FeatureHandler(object):
                         return
         self._config_db.mod_entry(FEATURE_TBL, feature_config.name, {'has_per_asic_scope': str(feature_config.has_per_asic_scope)})
         self._config_db.mod_entry(FEATURE_TBL, feature_config.name, {'has_global_scope': str(feature_config.has_global_scope)})
+        # If the entry was deleted by a concurrent deregister, mod_entry recreates it
+        # without a 'state' field.  Remove the partial entry to avoid a ghost record.
+        post_entry = self._config_db.get_entry(FEATURE_TBL, feature_config.name)
+        if post_entry and 'state' not in post_entry:
+            self._config_db.set_entry(FEATURE_TBL, feature_config.name, None)
+            return
 
         # sync has_per_asic_scope to CONFIG_DB in namespaces in multi-asic platform
         for ns, db in self.ns_cfg_db.items():
@@ -524,7 +534,17 @@ class FeatureHandler(object):
 
     def resync_feature_state(self, feature):
         current_entry = self._config_db.get_entry('FEATURE', feature.name)
-        current_feature_state = current_entry.get('state') if current_entry else None
+
+        # Entry was deleted by a concurrent deregister — do not recreate it.
+        if not current_entry:
+            return
+
+        # Partial entry left by sync_feature_scope racing with deregister — remove it.
+        if 'state' not in current_entry:
+            self._config_db.set_entry('FEATURE', feature.name, None)
+            return
+
+        current_feature_state = current_entry.get('state')
 
         if feature.state == current_feature_state:
             return
diff --git a/tests/featured/featured_test.py b/tests/featured/featured_test.py
index a563075..b2444f1 100644
--- a/tests/featured/featured_test.py
+++ b/tests/featured/featured_test.py
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ def test_feature_resync(self):
         }
         mock_db.get_entry.return_value = None
         feature_handler.sync_state_field(feature_table)
-        mock_db.mod_entry.assert_called_with('FEATURE', 'sflow', {'state': 'enabled'})
+        # Missing FEATURE row: resync_feature_state skips mod_entry (avoid recreating a row removed concurrently).
+        mock_db.mod_entry.assert_not_called()
         mock_db.mod_entry.reset_mock()
 
         feature_handler = featured.FeatureHandler(mock_db, mock_feature_state_table, {}, False)
@@ -321,7 +322,46 @@ def test_feature_resync(self):
         }
         feature_handler.sync_state_field(feature_table)
         mock_db.mod_entry.assert_called_with('FEATURE', 'sflow', {'state': 'enabled'})
-    
+        mock_db.mod_entry.reset_mock()
+
+        # Partial entry (no 'state' key): left behind by sync_feature_scope racing with
+        # deregister.  resync_feature_state must delete it rather than completing it.
+        feature_handler = featured.FeatureHandler(mock_db, mock_feature_state_table, {}, False)
+        mock_db.get_entry.return_value = {
+            'has_per_asic_scope': 'False',
+            'has_global_scope': 'True',
+        }
+        mock_db.set_entry = mock.MagicMock()
+        feature_handler.sync_state_field(feature_table)
+        mock_db.set_entry.assert_called_with('FEATURE', 'sflow', None)
+        mock_db.mod_entry.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_sync_feature_scope_toctou(self):
+        """sync_feature_scope must delete a partial entry it accidentally creates when
+        the FEATURE row is deleted by a concurrent deregister between the mod_entry
+        calls and the post-write existence check (TOCTOU)."""
+        mock_db = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_feature_state_table = mock.MagicMock()
+
+        feature_handler = featured.FeatureHandler(mock_db, mock_feature_state_table, {}, False)
+        feature = featured.Feature('sflow', {
+            'state': 'disabled',
+            'has_global_scope': 'True',
+            'has_per_asic_scope': 'False',
+            'delayed': 'False',
+        })
+
+        # Post-write check sees a partial entry (no 'state' key): the FEATURE row was
+        # deleted by deregister and then recreated by mod_entry during the race
+        # window, leaving only the scope fields.
+        mock_db.get_entry.return_value = {
+            'has_per_asic_scope': 'False',
+            'has_global_scope': 'True',
+        }
+
+        feature_handler.sync_feature_scope(feature)
+        mock_db.set_entry.assert_called_with(featured.FEATURE_TBL, 'sflow', None)
+
     def test_port_init_done_twice(self):
         """There could be multiple "PortInitDone" event in case of swss
         restart(either due to crash or due to manual operation). swss