diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index 1c0b290c9..ffe46aa85 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -206,18 +206,8 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 		}
 
 		// purge empty folders, only checking folders with deletions
-		var allDirs []string
-		for dir, _ := range directoriesWithDeletion {
-			allDirs = append(allDirs, dir)
-		}
-		sort.Slice(allDirs, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return len(allDirs[i]) > len(allDirs[j])
-		})
-		for _, dir := range allDirs {
-			parentDir, dirName := util.FullPath(dir).DirAndName()
-			if err := doDeleteEntry(client, parentDir, dirName, false, false); err != nil {
-				glog.V(4).Infof("directory %s has %d deletion but still not empty: %v", dir, directoriesWithDeletion[dir], err)
-			}
+		for len(directoriesWithDeletion) > 0 {
+			directoriesWithDeletion = doDeleteEmptyDirectories(client, directoriesWithDeletion)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -233,6 +223,26 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 
 }
 
+func doDeleteEmptyDirectories(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient, directoriesWithDeletion map[string]int) (newDirectoriesWithDeletion map[string]int){
+	var allDirs []string
+	for dir, _ := range directoriesWithDeletion {
+		allDirs = append(allDirs, dir)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(allDirs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return len(allDirs[i]) > len(allDirs[j])
+	})
+	newDirectoriesWithDeletion = make(map[string]int)
+	for _, dir := range allDirs {
+		parentDir, dirName := util.FullPath(dir).DirAndName()
+		if err := doDeleteEntry(client, parentDir, dirName, false, false); err != nil {
+			glog.V(4).Infof("directory %s has %d deletion but still not empty: %v", dir, directoriesWithDeletion[dir], err)
+		} else {
+			newDirectoriesWithDeletion[parentDir]++
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 var passThroughHeaders = []string{
 	"response-cache-control",
 	"response-content-disposition",