diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_objects_list_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_objects_list_handlers.go
index 2d36c6ec9..739cdd8f9 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_objects_list_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_objects_list_handlers.go
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) doListFilerEntries(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient, d
 		isTruncated = isTruncated || subIsTruncated
 		maxKeys -= subCounter
 		nextMarker = subDir + "/" + subNextMarker
-		counter += subCounter
 		// finished processing this sub directory
 		marker = subDir
 	}