diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
index ad3bba0..d06d5ca4 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuples.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
     @Override
     public synchronized void activate() throws HyracksDataException {
         super.activate();
+        diskComponents.clear();
         List<Object> validFileNames = fileManager.cleanupAndGetValidFiles(componentFinalizer);
         for (Object o : validFileNames) {
             String fileName = (String) o;
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@
             RTree rtree = (RTree) o;
             rtree.deactivate();
         }
-        diskComponents.clear();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
index bd4cb6e..850162b 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
@@ -773,8 +773,10 @@
                     // Mark the fInfo as deleted, 
                     // such that when its pages are reclaimed in openFile(),
                     // the pages are not flushed to disk but only invalidated.
-                    ioManager.close(fInfo.getFileHandle());
-                    fInfo.markAsDeleted();
+                    if (!fInfo.fileHasBeenDeleted()) {
+                        ioManager.close(fInfo.getFileHandle());
+                        fInfo.markAsDeleted();
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }