diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index ffe46aa85..c9e124328 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -296,8 +296,10 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) proxyToFiler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, des
 	defer util.CloseResponse(resp)
 
 	if (resp.ContentLength == -1 || resp.StatusCode == 404) && !strings.HasSuffix(destUrl, "/") {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, s3err.ErrNoSuchKey, r.URL)
-		return
+		if r.Method != "DELETE" {
+			writeErrorResponse(w, s3err.ErrNoSuchKey, r.URL)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	responseFn(resp, w)