diff --git a/pkg/meta/base_test.go b/pkg/meta/base_test.go
index 6eef8ec6b9e2..9d9793e24454 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/base_test.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/base_test.go
@@ -1197,6 +1197,26 @@ func testTrash(t *testing.T, m Meta) {
 	if st := m.Rename(ctx, 1, "f2", 1, "d", 0, &inode, attr); st != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("rename f2 -> d: %s", st)
 	}
+	if st := m.Link(ctx, inode, 1, "l", attr); st != 0 || attr.Nlink != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("link d -> l1: %s", st)
+	}
+	if st := m.Unlink(ctx, 1, "l"); st != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("unlink l: %s", st)
+	}
+	// hardlink goes to the trash
+	if st := m.GetAttr(ctx, inode, attr); st != 0 || attr.Nlink != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("getattr d(%d): %s, attr %+v", inode, st, attr)
+	}
+	if st := m.Link(ctx, inode, 1, "l", attr); st != 0 || attr.Nlink != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("link d -> l1: %s", st)
+	}
+	if st := m.Unlink(ctx, 1, "l"); st != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("unlink l: %s", st)
+	}
+	// hardlink is deleted directly
+	if st := m.GetAttr(ctx, inode, attr); st != 0 || attr.Nlink != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("getattr d(%d): %s, attr %+v", inode, st, attr)
+	}
 	if st := m.Unlink(ctx, 1, "d"); st != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("unlink d: %s", st)
 	}
@@ -1222,7 +1242,7 @@ func testTrash(t *testing.T, m Meta) {
 	if st := m.Readdir(ctx, TrashInode+1, 0, &entries); st != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("readdir: %s", st)
 	}
-	if len(entries) != 8 {
+	if len(entries) != 9 {
 		t.Fatalf("entries: %d", len(entries))
 	}
 	ctx2 := NewContext(1000, 1, []uint32{1})
diff --git a/pkg/meta/redis.go b/pkg/meta/redis.go
index 481cd6be1262..29ee6b2b9c76 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/redis.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/redis.go
@@ -1248,6 +1248,10 @@ func (m *redisMeta) doUnlink(ctx Context, parent Ino, name string) syscall.Errno
 			if ctx.Uid() != 0 && pattr.Mode&01000 != 0 && ctx.Uid() != pattr.Uid && ctx.Uid() != attr.Uid {
 				return syscall.EACCES
 			}
+			if trash > 0 && attr.Nlink > 1 && tx.HExists(ctx, m.entryKey(trash), m.trashEntry(parent, inode, name)).Val() {
+				trash = 0
+				defer func() { m.of.InvalidateChunk(inode, 0xFFFFFFFE) }()
+			}
 			attr.Ctime = now.Unix()
 			attr.Ctimensec = uint32(now.Nanosecond())
 			if trash == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/meta/sql.go b/pkg/meta/sql.go
index 6c9dc0de3566..c6ab365f52a4 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/sql.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/sql.go
@@ -1258,6 +1258,11 @@ func (m *dbMeta) doUnlink(ctx Context, parent Ino, name string) syscall.Errno {
 			if ctx.Uid() != 0 && pn.Mode&01000 != 0 && ctx.Uid() != pn.Uid && ctx.Uid() != n.Uid {
 				return syscall.EACCES
 			}
+			if trash > 0 && n.Nlink > 1 {
+				if o, e := s.Get(&edge{Parent: trash, Name: []byte(m.trashEntry(parent, e.Inode, string(e.Name))), Inode: e.Inode, Type: e.Type}); e == nil && o {
+					trash = 0
+				}
+			}
 			n.Ctime = now
 			if trash == 0 {
 				n.Nlink--
diff --git a/pkg/meta/tkv.go b/pkg/meta/tkv.go
index 58e5833e5bb7..88d145096526 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/tkv.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/tkv.go
@@ -1115,7 +1115,11 @@ func (m *kvMeta) doUnlink(ctx Context, parent Ino, name string) syscall.Errno {
 		if _type == TypeDirectory {
 			return syscall.EPERM
 		}
-		rs := tx.gets(m.inodeKey(parent), m.inodeKey(inode))
+		keys := [][]byte{m.inodeKey(parent), m.inodeKey(inode)}
+		if trash > 0 {
+			keys = append(keys, m.entryKey(trash, m.trashEntry(parent, inode, name)))
+		}
+		rs := tx.gets(keys...)
 		if rs[0] == nil {
 			return syscall.ENOENT
 		}
@@ -1130,6 +1134,9 @@ func (m *kvMeta) doUnlink(ctx Context, parent Ino, name string) syscall.Errno {
 			if ctx.Uid() != 0 && pattr.Mode&01000 != 0 && ctx.Uid() != pattr.Uid && ctx.Uid() != attr.Uid {
 				return syscall.EACCES
 			}
+			if trash > 0 && attr.Nlink > 1 && rs[2] != nil {
+				trash = 0
+			}
 			attr.Ctime = now.Unix()
 			attr.Ctimensec = uint32(now.Nanosecond())
 			if trash == 0 {