diff --git a/weed/filer/arangodb/arangodb_store_bucket.go b/weed/filer/arangodb/arangodb_store_bucket.go
index b35a5c9b3..44aeeadea 100644
--- a/weed/filer/arangodb/arangodb_store_bucket.go
+++ b/weed/filer/arangodb/arangodb_store_bucket.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ func (store *ArangodbStore) OnBucketDeletion(bucket string) {
 		glog.Errorf("bucket delete %s: %v", bucket, err)
 		return
 	}
+	store.mu.Lock()
+	delete(store.buckets, bucket)
+	store.mu.Unlock()
 }
 func (store *ArangodbStore) CanDropWholeBucket() bool {
 	return true
diff --git a/weed/filer/arangodb/helpers.go b/weed/filer/arangodb/helpers.go
index 35796a8f8..3f36acb0a 100644
--- a/weed/filer/arangodb/helpers.go
+++ b/weed/filer/arangodb/helpers.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (store *ArangodbStore) ensureBucket(ctx context.Context, bucket string) (bc
 	store.mu.RLock()
 	bc, ok = store.buckets[bucket]
 	store.mu.RUnlock()
-	if ok {
+	if ok && bc != nil {
 		return bc, nil
 	}
 	store.mu.Lock()