diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go b/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go
index 50a669f40..bedf2f4d1 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import (
 
 type HardLinkId []byte
 
+const (
+	MsgFailDelNonEmptyFolder = "fail to delete non-empty folder"
+)
+
 func (f *Filer) DeleteEntryMetaAndData(ctx context.Context, p util.FullPath, isRecursive, ignoreRecursiveError, shouldDeleteChunks, isFromOtherCluster bool, signatures []int32) (err error) {
 	if p == "/" {
 		return nil
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ func (f *Filer) doBatchDeleteFolderMetaAndData(ctx context.Context, entry *Entry
 			if lastFileName == "" && !isRecursive && len(entries) > 0 {
 				// only for first iteration in the loop
 				glog.Errorf("deleting a folder %s has children: %+v ...", entry.FullPath, entries[0].Name())
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to delete non-empty folder: %s", entry.FullPath)
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", MsgFailDelNonEmptyFolder, entry.FullPath)
 			}
 
 			for _, sub := range entries {
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index 19d85c495..4bdc96d38 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	weed_server "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/server"
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 			parentDirectoryPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s%s", s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket, parentDirectoryPath)
 
 			err := doDeleteEntry(client, parentDirectoryPath, entryName, isDeleteData, isRecursive)
-			if err == nil {
+			if err == nil || strings.Contains(err.Error(), filer.MsgFailDelNonEmptyFolder) {
 				directoriesWithDeletion[parentDirectoryPath]++
 				deletedObjects = append(deletedObjects, object)
 			} else {