diff --git a/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go
index 30d11a7f4..2cc7f49b1 100644
--- a/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ func (store *UniversalRedisStore) DeleteFolderChildren(ctx context.Context, full
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("delete %s in parent dir: %v", fullpath, err)
 		}
+		// not efficient, but need to remove if it is a directory
+		store.Client.Del(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(string(path)))
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
index aab3d1f4a..ecf68a9ee 100644
--- a/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) DeleteFolderChildren(ctx context.Context, ful
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("DeleteFolderChildren %s in parent dir: %v", fullpath, err)
 		}
+		// not efficient, but need to remove if it is a directory
+		store.Client.Del(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(string(path)))
 	}
 
 	return nil