diff --git a/weed/s3api/filer_util.go b/weed/s3api/filer_util.go
index 72df337a5..b6ac52c80 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/filer_util.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/filer_util.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) exists(parentDirectoryPath string, entryName string, isD
 
 }
 
-func (s3a *S3ApiServer) get(parentDirectoryPath, entryName string) (entry *filer_pb.Entry, err error) {
+func (s3a *S3ApiServer) getEntry(parentDirectoryPath, entryName string) (entry *filer_pb.Entry, err error) {
 	fullPath := util.NewFullPath(parentDirectoryPath, entryName)
 	return filer_pb.GetEntry(s3a, fullPath)
 }
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go
index 6b2ed8ef2..ad50e7cca 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_handlers.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 
 	bucket, _ := getBucketAndObject(r)
 
-	entry, err := s3a.get(s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket)
+	entry, err := s3a.getEntry(s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket)
 	if entry == nil || err == filer_pb.ErrNotFound {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, s3err.ErrNoSuchBucket, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) HeadBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 
 	bucket, _ := getBucketAndObject(r)
 
-	entry, err := s3a.get(s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket)
 	if entry == nil || err != nil {
+	entry, err := s3a.getEntry(s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket)
 		writeErrorResponse(w, s3err.ErrNoSuchBucket, r.URL)
 		return
 	}