diff --git a/src/os/filestore/FileStore.cc b/src/os/filestore/FileStore.cc
index 2c5c6bd7dbb95..21b8230718a17 100644
--- a/src/os/filestore/FileStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/filestore/FileStore.cc
@@ -4575,6 +4575,7 @@ int FileStore::_collection_remove_recursive(const coll_t &cid,
       if (r < 0)
 	return r;
     }
+    objects.clear();
   }
   return _destroy_collection(cid);
 }
@@ -4771,7 +4772,7 @@ int FileStore::collection_list(const coll_t& c, ghobject_t start, ghobject_t end
     assert(!m_filestore_fail_eio || r != -EIO);
     return r;
   }
-  dout(20) << "objects: " << ls << dendl;
+  dout(20) << "objects: " << *ls << dendl;
 
   // HashIndex doesn't know the pool when constructing a 'next' value
   if (next && !next->is_max()) {
diff --git a/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.cc b/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.cc
index a358ef3a8146c..b1bf7024fd218 100644
--- a/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.cc
+++ b/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.cc
@@ -550,7 +550,12 @@ int HashIndex::recursive_create_path(vector<string>& path, int level)
 }
 
 int HashIndex::recursive_remove(const vector<string> &path) {
+  return _recursive_remove(path, true);
+}
+
+int HashIndex::_recursive_remove(const vector<string> &path, bool top) {
   vector<string> subdirs;
+  dout(20) << __func__ << " path=" << path << dendl;
   int r = list_subdirs(path, &subdirs);
   if (r < 0)
     return r;
@@ -565,12 +570,15 @@ int HashIndex::recursive_remove(const vector<string> &path) {
        i != subdirs.end();
        ++i) {
     subdir.push_back(*i);
-    r = recursive_remove(subdir);
+    r = _recursive_remove(subdir, false);
     if (r < 0)
       return r;
     subdir.pop_back();
   }
-  return remove_path(path);
+  if (top)
+    return 0;
+  else
+    return remove_path(path);
 }
 
 int HashIndex::start_col_split(const vector<string> &path) {
diff --git a/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.h b/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.h
index d4222f912fa9a..461eddcac9366 100644
--- a/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.h
+++ b/src/os/filestore/HashIndex.h
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ class HashIndex : public LFNIndex {
     ghobject_t *next
     );
 private:
+  /// Internal recursively remove path and its subdirs
+  int _recursive_remove(
+    const vector<string> &path, ///< [in] path to remove
+    bool top			///< [in] internal tracking of first caller
+    ); /// @return Error Code, 0 on success
   /// Recursively remove path and its subdirs
   int recursive_remove(
     const vector<string> &path ///< [in] path to remove