diff --git a/backend/mega/mega.go b/backend/mega/mega.go
index b0ef2e10b..297f62436 100644
--- a/backend/mega/mega.go
+++ b/backend/mega/mega.go
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ func (f *Fs) move(ctx context.Context, dstRemote string, srcFs *Fs, srcRemote st
 		return fmt.Errorf("server-side move failed to lookup src parent dir: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	waitEvent := f.srv.WaitEventsStart()
+
 	// move the object into its new directory if required
 	if srcDirNode != dstDirNode && srcDirNode.GetHash() != dstDirNode.GetHash() {
 		//log.Printf("move src %p %q dst %p %q", srcDirNode, srcDirNode.GetName(), dstDirNode, dstDirNode.GetName())
@@ -782,8 +784,6 @@ func (f *Fs) move(ctx context.Context, dstRemote string, srcFs *Fs, srcRemote st
 		}
 	}
 
-	waitEvent := f.srv.WaitEventsStart()
-
 	// rename the object if required
 	if srcLeaf != dstLeaf {
 		//log.Printf("rename %q to %q", srcLeaf, dstLeaf)
@@ -1216,6 +1216,8 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 		}
 	}
 
+	waitEvent := o.fs.srv.WaitEventsStart()
+
 	// Finish the upload
 	var info *mega.Node
 	err = o.fs.pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
@@ -1235,15 +1237,23 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 		o.info = nil
 	}
 
+	// Wait for the server to confirm the new file
+	o.fs.srv.WaitEvents(waitEvent, eventWaitTime)
+
 	return o.setMetaData(info)
 }
 
 // Remove an object
 func (o *Object) Remove(ctx context.Context) error {
+	waitEvent := o.fs.srv.WaitEventsStart()
+
 	err := o.fs.deleteNode(ctx, o.info)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Remove object failed: %w", err)
 	}
+
+	// Wait for the server to confirm the deletion
+	o.fs.srv.WaitEvents(waitEvent, eventWaitTime)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go b/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c39dfff4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/mega/mega_internal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package mega
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/object"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest/fstests"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// InternalTestGhostAfterRemove checks that a file removed in a long-running
+// process disappears from listings straight away rather than lingering as a
+// ghost until go-mega's next event poll reconciles the in-memory tree.
+//
+// The ghost is a race between the upload's server event being replayed and
+// the delete, so it puts, removes and lists in a tight loop to make it show
+// up reliably.
+func (f *Fs) InternalTestGhostAfterRemove(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Exercise the default soft-delete path - the hard_delete=true path
+	// hits a separate bug in go-mega's Delete which leaves the node in its
+	// parent's children regardless of what rclone does.
+	if f.opt.HardDelete {
+		oldHardDelete := f.opt.HardDelete
+		f.opt.HardDelete = false
+		defer func() { f.opt.HardDelete = oldHardDelete }()
+	}
+
+	dir := "ghost-test"
+	require.NoError(t, f.Mkdir(ctx, dir))
+	defer func() { _ = f.Rmdir(ctx, dir) }()
+
+	contents := []byte("ghost test contents")
+	for i := range 10 {
+		remote := dir + "/test.txt"
+		src := object.NewStaticObjectInfo(remote, time.Now(), int64(len(contents)), true, nil, nil)
+		obj, err := f.Put(ctx, bytes.NewReader(contents), src)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, obj.Remove(ctx))
+
+		// The file must be gone from the listing straight away - if the
+		// in-memory tree isn't settled it lingers as a ghost.
+		entries, err := f.List(ctx, dir)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		names := make([]string, 0, len(entries))
+		for _, entry := range entries {
+			names = append(names, entry.Remote())
+		}
+		assert.NotContains(t, names, remote, "file should be gone immediately after remove (iteration %d)", i)
+	}
+}
+
+// InternalTest dispatches the backend specific internal tests
+func (f *Fs) InternalTest(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("GhostAfterRemove", f.InternalTestGhostAfterRemove)
+}
+
+var _ fstests.InternalTester = (*Fs)(nil)