diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/BloomFilterBulkLoader.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/BloomFilterBulkLoader.java
index 0dcf349..29ca388 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/BloomFilterBulkLoader.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/BloomFilterBulkLoader.java
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 
     private final IIndexBulkLoader bulkLoader;
 
+    private boolean endedBloomFilterLoad = false;
+
     public BloomFilterBulkLoader(IIndexBulkLoader bulkLoader) {
         this.bulkLoader = bulkLoader;
     }
 
-    private boolean endedBloomFilterLoad = false;
-
     @Override
     public ITupleReference add(ITupleReference tuple) throws HyracksDataException {
         bulkLoader.add(tuple);
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 
     @Override
     public ITupleReference delete(ITupleReference tuple) throws HyracksDataException {
-        //Noop
+        // this ensure deleted keys are also added to the bulkloader
+        bulkLoader.add(tuple);
         return tuple;
     }