diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers-users.go b/cmd/admin-handlers-users.go
index 07ee8e721..622a9d8bf 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers-users.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers-users.go
@@ -956,6 +956,13 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) DeleteServiceAccount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		return
 	}
 
+	for _, nerr := range globalNotificationSys.DeleteServiceAccount(serviceAccount) {
+		if nerr.Err != nil {
+			logger.GetReqInfo(ctx).SetTags("peerAddress", nerr.Host.String())
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, nerr.Err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	writeSuccessNoContent(w)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/iam.go b/cmd/iam.go
index 83f12ba22..2d40f23b5 100644
--- a/cmd/iam.go
+++ b/cmd/iam.go
@@ -1390,11 +1390,7 @@ func (sys *IAMSys) DeleteServiceAccount(ctx context.Context, accessKey string) e
 
 	// It is ok to ignore deletion error on the mapped policy
 	err := sys.store.deleteUserIdentity(context.Background(), accessKey, svcUser)
-	if err != nil {
-		// ignore if user is already deleted.
-		if err == errNoSuchUser {
-			return nil
-		}
+	if err != nil && err != errNoSuchUser {
 		return err
 	}