diff --git a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerFactoryImpl.java b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerFactoryImpl.java
index 34dd3610d4ec9..f546a487f84be 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerFactoryImpl.java
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ public void initializeFailed(ManagedLedgerException e) {
 
                                 // Clean the map if initialization fails
                                 ledgers.remove(name, future);
+                                entryCacheManager.removeEntryCache(name);
 
                                 if (pendingInitializeLedgers.remove(name, pendingLedger)) {
                                     pendingLedger.ledger.asyncClose(new CloseCallback() {
diff --git a/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerErrorsTest.java b/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerErrorsTest.java
index 7b2f8228ad722..d72bffa27d30a 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerErrorsTest.java
+++ b/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedLedgerErrorsTest.java
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BKException;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BookKeeper;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.LedgerHandle;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.api.DigestType;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.AsyncCallbacks;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.AsyncCallbacks.AddEntryCallback;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.AsyncCallbacks.CloseCallback;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.Entry;
@@ -509,6 +511,35 @@ public void recoverAfterWriteError() throws Exception {
         entries.forEach(Entry::release);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void recoverAfterOpenManagedLedgerFail() throws Exception {
+        ManagedLedger ledger = factory.open("recoverAfterOpenManagedLedgerFail");
+        Position position = ledger.addEntry("entry".getBytes());
+        ledger.close();
+        bkc.failAfter(0, BKException.Code.BookieHandleNotAvailableException);
+        try {
+            factory.open("recoverAfterOpenManagedLedgerFail");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ok
+        }
+
+        ledger = factory.open("recoverAfterOpenManagedLedgerFail");
+        CompletableFuture<byte[]> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        ledger.asyncReadEntry(position, new AsyncCallbacks.ReadEntryCallback() {
+            @Override
+            public void readEntryComplete(Entry entry, Object ctx) {
+                future.complete(entry.getData());
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void readEntryFailed(ManagedLedgerException exception, Object ctx) {
+                future.completeExceptionally(exception);
+            }
+        }, null);
+        byte[] bytes = future.get(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        assertEquals(new String(bytes), "entry");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void recoverLongTimeAfterMultipleWriteErrors() throws Exception {
         ManagedLedgerImpl ledger = (ManagedLedgerImpl) factory.open("recoverLongTimeAfterMultipleWriteErrors");