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 36e57b0c8..610daef9f 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -205,6 +206,8 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 			if err == nil {
 				directoriesWithDeletion[parentDirectoryPath]++
 				deletedObjects = append(deletedObjects, object)
+			} else if strings.Contains(err.Error(), filer.MsgFailDelNonEmptyFolder) {
+				deletedObjects = append(deletedObjects, object)
 			} else {
 				delete(directoriesWithDeletion, parentDirectoryPath)
 				deleteErrors = append(deleteErrors, DeleteError{