diff --git a/src/datastore/leveldb_shard.go b/src/datastore/leveldb_shard.go
index 03a1ab320f1..690c74a191d 100644
--- a/src/datastore/leveldb_shard.go
+++ b/src/datastore/leveldb_shard.go
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ package datastore
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"cluster"
-	"code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/proto"
-	log "code.google.com/p/log4go"
 	"common"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/jmhodges/levigo"
 	"math"
 	"parser"
 	"protocol"
@@ -17,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/proto"
+	log "code.google.com/p/log4go"
+	"github.com/jmhodges/levigo"
 )
 
 type LevelDbShard struct {
@@ -137,8 +138,6 @@ func (self *LevelDbShard) DropDatabase(database string) error {
 			log.Error("DropDatabase: ", err)
 		}
 
-		seriesKey := append(DATABASE_SERIES_INDEX_PREFIX, []byte(database+"~")...)
-		wb.Delete(seriesKey)
 	}
 
 	return self.db.Write(self.writeOptions, wb)
@@ -375,15 +374,17 @@ func (self *LevelDbShard) dropSeries(database, series string) error {
 	wb := levigo.NewWriteBatch()
 	defer wb.Close()
 
-	for _, name := range self.getColumnNamesForSeries(database, series) {
-		if err := self.deleteRangeOfSeriesCommon(database, series, startTimeBytes, endTimeBytes); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if err := self.deleteRangeOfSeriesCommon(database, series, startTimeBytes, endTimeBytes); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	for _, name := range self.getColumnNamesForSeries(database, series) {
 		indexKey := append(SERIES_COLUMN_INDEX_PREFIX, []byte(database+"~"+series+"~"+name)...)
 		wb.Delete(indexKey)
 	}
 
+	wb.Delete(append(DATABASE_SERIES_INDEX_PREFIX, []byte(database+"~"+series)...))
+
 	// remove the column indeces for this time series
 	return self.db.Write(self.writeOptions, wb)
 }
diff --git a/src/integration/benchmark_test.go b/src/integration/benchmark_test.go
index 6c56be28915..723de0d8b37 100644
--- a/src/integration/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/src/integration/benchmark_test.go
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestExplainsWithPassthrough(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(series[0].Points[0][6], Equals, float64(2.0))
 }
 
+// issue #342, #371
 func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestDataResurrectionAfterRestart(c *C) {
 	s := self.createPoints("data_resurrection", 1, 10)
 	b, err := json.Marshal(s)
@@ -387,6 +388,12 @@ func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestDataResurrectionAfterRestart(c *C) {
 	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &series)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(series, HasLen, 0)
+	data, err = self.server.RunQuery("list series", "s")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	series = []*SerializedSeries{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &series)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(series, HasLen, 0)
 }
 
 func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestExplainsWithPassthroughAndLimit(c *C) {