diff --git a/db/view/view.cc b/db/view/view.cc
index 6fbad4bd94..bb2de389d1 100644
--- a/db/view/view.cc
+++ b/db/view/view.cc
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ private:
     void create_entry(const partition_key& base_key, const clustering_row& update, gc_clock::time_point now);
     void delete_old_entry(const partition_key& base_key, const clustering_row& existing, gc_clock::time_point now);
     void do_delete_old_entry(const partition_key& base_key, const clustering_row& existing, gc_clock::time_point now);
+    void update_entry(const partition_key& base_key, const clustering_row& update, const clustering_row& existing, gc_clock::time_point now);
 };
 
 row_marker view_updates::compute_row_marker(const clustering_row& base_row) const {
@@ -331,6 +332,34 @@ void view_updates::do_delete_old_entry(const partition_key& base_key, const clus
     get_view_row(base_key, existing).apply(tombstone(ts, now));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates the updates to apply to the existing view entry given the base table row before
+ * and after the update, assuming that the update hasn't changed to which view entry the
+ * row corresponds (that is, we know the columns composing the view PK haven't changed).
+ *
+ * This method checks that the base row (before and after) matches the view filter before
+ * applying anything.
+ */
+void view_updates::update_entry(const partition_key& base_key, const clustering_row& update, const clustering_row& existing, gc_clock::time_point now) {
+    // While we know update and existing correspond to the same view entry,
+    // they may not match the view filter.
+    if (!_view->matches_view_filter(*_base, base_key, existing, now)) {
+        create_entry(base_key, update, now);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!_view->matches_view_filter(*_base, base_key, update, now)) {
+        do_delete_old_entry(base_key, existing, now);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    deletable_row& r = get_view_row(base_key, update);
+    r.apply(compute_row_marker(update));
+    r.apply(update.tomb());
+
+    auto diff = update.cells().difference(*_base, column_kind::regular_column, existing.cells());
+    add_cells_to_view(*_base, *_view->schema(), diff, r.cells());
+}
+
 } // namespace view
 } // namespace db