diff --git a/schema-registry/core/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/DefaultSchemaRegistry.java b/schema-registry/core/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/DefaultSchemaRegistry.java
index 6c1dfb689..0b738523a 100644
--- a/schema-registry/core/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/DefaultSchemaRegistry.java
+++ b/schema-registry/core/src/main/java/com/hortonworks/registries/schemaregistry/DefaultSchemaRegistry.java
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ public void deleteSchema(String schemaName) throws SchemaNotFoundException {
             }
         }
         // Remove all serdes mappings for this schema name
-        Collection<SchemaSerDesMapping> schemaSerDesMappings = getSchemaSerDesMappings(schemaMetadataId);
+        SchemaMetadataInfo schemaMetadataInfo = getSchemaMetadataInfo(schemaName);
+        Collection<SchemaSerDesMapping> schemaSerDesMappings = getSchemaSerDesMappings(schemaMetadataInfo.getId());
         if (schemaSerDesMappings != null) {
             for (SchemaSerDesMapping schemaSerDesMapping: schemaSerDesMappings) {
                 storageManager.remove(schemaSerDesMapping.getStorableKey());