diff -ru typo3-7088/t3lib/jsfunc.inline.js typo3-7088-13294/t3lib/jsfunc.inline.js
--- typo3-7088/t3lib/jsfunc.inline.js	2010-03-08 13:51:35.000000000 +0100
+++ typo3-7088-13294/t3lib/jsfunc.inline.js	2010-03-08 13:56:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -684,6 +684,8 @@
 			TBE_EDITOR.removeElementArray(removeStack);
 		}
 
+			// Mark this container as deleted (hotfix for bug #13294)
+		$(objectId+'_div') && $(objectId+'_div').addClassName('inlineIsDeletedRecord');
 			// If the record is new and was never saved before, just remove it from DOM:
 		if (this.isNewRecord(objectId) || options && options.forceDirectRemoval) {
 			this.fadeAndRemove(objectId+'_div');
diff -ru typo3-7088/typo3/jsfunc.tbe_editor.js typo3-7088-13294/typo3/jsfunc.tbe_editor.js
--- typo3-7088/typo3/jsfunc.tbe_editor.js	2010-03-08 13:52:08.000000000 +0100
+++ typo3-7088-13294/typo3/jsfunc.tbe_editor.js	2010-03-08 13:56:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@
 		if (type) {
 			if (type == 'required') {
 				form = document[TBE_EDITOR.formname][elementName];
+					// Check if we are within a deleted inline element (hotfix for bug #13294)
+				var testNode = $(form.parentNode);
+				while(testNode) {
+					if (testNode.hasClassName && testNode.hasClassName('inlineIsDeletedRecord')) return result;
+					testNode = $(testNode.parentNode);
+				}
 				if (form) {
 					var value = form.value;
 					if (!value || elementData.additional && elementData.additional.isPositiveNumber && (isNaN(value) || Number(value) <= 0)) {