diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index 44ef86333..011995aa9 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -4972,6 +4972,14 @@ spdk_blob_resize(struct spdk_blob *blob, uint64_t sz, spdk_blob_op_complete cb_f
 
 /* START spdk_bs_delete_blob */
 
+static void
+_spdk_bs_delete_ebusy_close_cpl(void *cb_arg, int bserrno)
+{
+	spdk_bs_sequence_t *seq = cb_arg;
+
+	spdk_bs_sequence_finish(seq, -EBUSY);
+}
+
 static void
 _spdk_bs_delete_close_cpl(void *cb_arg, int bserrno)
 {
@@ -5030,6 +5038,21 @@ _spdk_bs_delete_open_cpl(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_blob *blob, int bserrno)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* Check if this is a snapshot with clones */
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(snapshot, &blob->bs->snapshots, link) {
+		if (snapshot->id == blob->id) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (snapshot != NULL) {
+		/* If snapshot have clones, we cannot remove it */
+		if (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&snapshot->clones)) {
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("Cannot remove snapshot with clones\n");
+			spdk_blob_close(blob, _spdk_bs_delete_ebusy_close_cpl, seq);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	bserrno = _spdk_bs_blob_list_remove(blob);
 	if (bserrno != 0) {
 		SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_BLOB, "Remove blob #%" PRIu64 " from a list\n", blob->id);
@@ -5067,27 +5090,11 @@ spdk_bs_delete_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, spdk_blob_id blobid,
 {
 	struct spdk_bs_cpl	cpl;
 	spdk_bs_sequence_t	*seq;
-	struct spdk_blob_list	*snapshot_entry = NULL;
 
 	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_BLOB, "Deleting blob %lu\n", blobid);
 
 	assert(spdk_get_thread() == bs->md_thread);
 
-	/* Check if this is a snapshot with clones */
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(snapshot_entry, &bs->snapshots, link) {
-		if (snapshot_entry->id == blobid) {
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (snapshot_entry != NULL) {
-		/* If snapshot have clones, we cannot remove it */
-		if (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&snapshot_entry->clones)) {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("Cannot remove snapshot with clones\n");
-			cb_fn(cb_arg, -EBUSY);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
 	cpl.type = SPDK_BS_CPL_TYPE_BLOB_BASIC;
 	cpl.u.blob_basic.cb_fn = cb_fn;
 	cpl.u.blob_basic.cb_arg = cb_arg;