diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go
index 850b2ca84a..dec8e3ee4e 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers_delete.go
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 	}
 
 	if len(deleteObjects.Objects) > deleteMultipleObjectsLimit {
-		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrInvalidMaxDeleteObjects)
+		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrMalformedXML)
 		return
 	}