diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer.go b/weed/filer2/filer.go
index eae1107ca..50df3fc0b 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (f *Filer) FindEntry(p FullPath) (entry *Entry, err error) {
 	return f.store.FindEntry(p)
 }
 
-func (f *Filer) DeleteEntryMetaAndData(p FullPath, isRecursive bool, shouldDeleteChunks bool) (err error) {
+func (f *Filer) DeleteEntryMetaAndData(ctx context.Context, p FullPath, isRecursive bool, shouldDeleteChunks bool) (err error) {
 	entry, err := f.FindEntry(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (f *Filer) DeleteEntryMetaAndData(p FullPath, isRecursive bool, shouldDelet
 				if isRecursive {
 					for _, sub := range entries {
 						lastFileName = sub.Name()
-						f.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(sub.FullPath, isRecursive, shouldDeleteChunks)
+						f.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(ctx, sub.FullPath, isRecursive, shouldDeleteChunks)
 						limit--
 						if limit <= 0 {
 							break
diff --git a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store_test.go b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store_test.go
index 31da8998f..53a5ab94d 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store_test.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package memdb
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func TestCreateFileAndList(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// delete file and count
-	filer.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(file3Path, false, false)
+	filer.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(context.Background(), file3Path, false, false)
 	entries, _ = filer.ListDirectoryEntries(filer2.FullPath("/home/chris/this/is"), "", false, 100)
 	if len(entries) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("list entries count: %v", len(entries))
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
index d593a425e..38c9135be 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, req *filer_pb.UpdateEntr
 }
 
 func (fs *FilerServer) DeleteEntry(ctx context.Context, req *filer_pb.DeleteEntryRequest) (resp *filer_pb.DeleteEntryResponse, err error) {
-	err = fs.filer.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(filer2.FullPath(filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(req.Directory, req.Name))), req.IsRecursive, req.IsDeleteData)
+	err = fs.filer.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(ctx, filer2.FullPath(filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(req.Directory, req.Name))), req.IsRecursive, req.IsDeleteData)
 	return &filer_pb.DeleteEntryResponse{}, err
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write.go
index 9e231c645..737798a7e 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package weed_server
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) DeleteHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	isRecursive := r.FormValue("recursive") == "true"
 
-	err := fs.filer.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(filer2.FullPath(r.URL.Path), isRecursive, true)
+	err := fs.filer.DeleteEntryMetaAndData(context.Background(), filer2.FullPath(r.URL.Path), isRecursive, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(1).Infoln("deleting", r.URL.Path, ":", err.Error())
 		writeJsonError(w, r, http.StatusInternalServerError, err)