diff --git a/erasure-readfile.go b/erasure-readfile.go
index 7a0bc58a7..71b4eb1a9 100644
--- a/erasure-readfile.go
+++ b/erasure-readfile.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon"
 )
@@ -30,82 +31,113 @@ import (
 // are decoded into a data block.  Data block is trimmed for given offset and length,
 // then written to given writer.  This function also supports bit-rot detection by
 // verifying checksum of individual block's checksum.
-func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName string, eInfos []erasureInfo, offset int64, length int64) (int64, error) {
+func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName string, eInfos []erasureInfo, offset int64, length int64, totalLength int64) (int64, error) {
+	min := func(a int64, b int64) int {
+		if a < b {
+			return int(a)
+		}
+		return int(b)
+	}
 	// Total bytes written to writer
 	bytesWritten := int64(0)
 
 	// Gather previously calculated block checksums.
-	blockCheckSums := metaPartBlockChecksums(disks, eInfos, partName)
+	// blockCheckSums := metaPartBlockChecksums(disks, eInfos, partName)
 
 	// Pick one erasure info.
 	eInfo := pickValidErasureInfo(eInfos)
 
+	// Data chunk size on each block.
+	chunkSize := getEncodedBlockLen(eInfo.BlockSize, eInfo.DataBlocks)
+
 	// Get block info for given offset, length and block size.
-	startBlock, bytesToSkip, endBlock := getBlockInfo(offset, length, eInfo.BlockSize)
+	startBlock, bytesToSkip := getBlockInfo(offset, eInfo.BlockSize)
 
-	// Data chunk size on each block.
-	chunkSize := eInfo.BlockSize / int64(eInfo.DataBlocks)
+	orderedDisks := make([]StorageAPI, len(disks))
+	for index := range disks {
+		blockIndex := eInfo.Distribution[index]
+		orderedDisks[blockIndex-1] = disks[index]
+	}
+
+	for block := startBlock; bytesWritten < length; block++ {
+		curChunkSize := chunkSize
+		if totalLength-offset+bytesWritten < curChunkSize {
+			curChunkSize = getEncodedBlockLen(totalLength-offset+bytesWritten, eInfo.DataBlocks)
+		}
 
-	for block := startBlock; block <= endBlock; block++ {
 		// Allocate encoded blocks up to storage disks.
 		enBlocks := make([][]byte, len(disks))
 
-		// Counter to keep success data blocks.
-		var successDataBlocksCount = 0
-		var noReconstruct bool // Set for no reconstruction.
+		// Figure out the number of disks that are needed for the read.
+		// If all the data disks are available then dataDiskCount = eInfo.DataBlocks
+		// Else dataDiskCount = eInfo.DataBlocks + 1
 
-		// Keep how many bytes are read for this block.
-		// In most cases, last block in the file is shorter than chunkSize
-		lastReadSize := int64(0)
-
-		// Read from all the disks.
-		for index, disk := range disks {
-			blockIndex := eInfo.Distribution[index] - 1
-			if !isValidBlock(disks, volume, path, toDiskIndex(blockIndex, eInfo.Distribution), blockCheckSums) {
-				continue
-			}
+		diskCount := 0
+		for _, disk := range orderedDisks[:eInfo.DataBlocks] {
 			if disk == nil {
 				continue
 			}
+			diskCount++
+		}
 
-			// Initialize chunk slice and fill the data from each parts.
-			enBlocks[blockIndex] = make([]byte, chunkSize)
+		if diskCount < eInfo.DataBlocks {
+			diskCount = eInfo.DataBlocks + 1
+		}
 
-			// Read the necessary blocks.
-			n, err := disk.ReadFile(volume, path, block*chunkSize, enBlocks[blockIndex])
-			if err != nil {
-				enBlocks[blockIndex] = nil
-			} else if n < chunkSize {
-				// As the data we got is smaller than chunk size, keep only required chunk slice
-				enBlocks[blockIndex] = append([]byte{}, enBlocks[blockIndex][:n]...)
+		wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+		index := 0
+		for _, disk := range orderedDisks {
+			if disk == nil {
+				index++
+				continue
 			}
-
-			// Remember bytes read at first time.
-			if lastReadSize == 0 {
-				lastReadSize = n
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(index int, disk StorageAPI) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				buf := make([]byte, curChunkSize)
+				n, err := disk.ReadFile(volume, path, block*curChunkSize, buf)
+				if err != nil {
+					orderedDisks[index] = nil
+					return
+				}
+				enBlocks[index] = buf[:n]
+			}(index, disk)
+			index++
+			diskCount--
+			if diskCount == 0 {
+				break
 			}
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
 
-			// If bytes read is not equal to bytes read lastly, treat it as corrupted chunk.
-			if n != lastReadSize {
-				return bytesWritten, errXLDataCorrupt
+		// Counter to keep success data blocks.
+		var successDataBlocksCount = 0
+		var successParityBlocksCount = 0
+		for bufidx, buf := range enBlocks {
+			if buf == nil {
+				continue
 			}
-
-			// Verify if we have successfully read all the data blocks.
-			if blockIndex < eInfo.DataBlocks && enBlocks[blockIndex] != nil {
+			if bufidx < eInfo.DataBlocks {
 				successDataBlocksCount++
-				// Set when we have all the data blocks and no
-				// reconstruction is needed, so that we can avoid
-				// erasure reconstruction.
-				noReconstruct = successDataBlocksCount == eInfo.DataBlocks
-				if noReconstruct {
-					// Break out we have read all the data blocks.
-					break
-				}
+				continue
 			}
+			successParityBlocksCount++
 		}
 
-		// Verify if reconstruction is needed, proceed with reconstruction.
-		if !noReconstruct {
+		if successDataBlocksCount < eInfo.DataBlocks {
+			for ; index < len(orderedDisks); index++ {
+				if (successDataBlocksCount + successParityBlocksCount) == (eInfo.DataBlocks + 1) {
+					break
+				}
+				buf := make([]byte, curChunkSize)
+				n, err := orderedDisks[index].ReadFile(volume, path, block*curChunkSize, buf)
+				if err != nil {
+					orderedDisks[index] = nil
+					continue
+				}
+				successParityBlocksCount++
+				enBlocks[index] = buf[:n]
+			}
 			err := decodeData(enBlocks, eInfo.DataBlocks, eInfo.ParityBlocks)
 			if err != nil {
 				return bytesWritten, err
@@ -113,7 +145,7 @@ func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path s
 		}
 
 		// Get data blocks from encoded blocks.
-		dataBlocks, err := getDataBlocks(enBlocks, eInfo.DataBlocks, int(lastReadSize)*eInfo.DataBlocks)
+		dataBlocks, err := getDataBlocks(enBlocks, eInfo.DataBlocks, min(eInfo.BlockSize, totalLength-offset+bytesWritten))
 		if err != nil {
 			return bytesWritten, err
 		}
@@ -123,12 +155,11 @@ func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path s
 
 		// If this is start block, skip unwanted bytes.
 		if block == startBlock {
-			buf = append([]byte{}, dataBlocks[bytesToSkip:]...)
+			buf = buf[bytesToSkip:]
 		}
 
-		// If this is end block, retain only required bytes.
-		if block == endBlock {
-			buf = append([]byte{}, buf[:length-bytesWritten]...)
+		if len(buf) > int(length-bytesWritten) {
+			buf = buf[:length-bytesWritten]
 		}
 
 		// Copy data blocks.
diff --git a/erasure-utils.go b/erasure-utils.go
index c4dcf8a5e..9316e739a 100644
--- a/erasure-utils.go
+++ b/erasure-utils.go
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ func getDataBlocks(enBlocks [][]byte, dataBlocks int, curBlockSize int) (data []
 }
 
 // getBlockInfo - find start/end block and bytes to skip for given offset, length and block size.
-func getBlockInfo(offset, length, blockSize int64) (startBlock, bytesToSkip, endBlock int64) {
+func getBlockInfo(offset, blockSize int64) (startBlock, bytesToSkip int64) {
 	// Calculate start block for given offset and how many bytes to skip to get the offset.
 	startBlock = offset / blockSize
 	bytesToSkip = offset % blockSize
-
-	// Calculate end block for given size to read
-	endBlock = (offset + length) / blockSize
-	if endBlock > 0 && (offset+length)%blockSize == 0 {
-		endBlock--
-	}
-
 	return
 }
+
+// calculate the blockSize based on input length and total number of
+// data blocks.
+func getEncodedBlockLen(inputLen int64, dataBlocks int) (curEncBlockSize int64) {
+	curEncBlockSize = (inputLen + int64(dataBlocks) - 1) / int64(dataBlocks)
+	return curEncBlockSize
+}
diff --git a/xl-v1-object.go b/xl-v1-object.go
index aea58fd20..0237173c3 100644
--- a/xl-v1-object.go
+++ b/xl-v1-object.go
@@ -91,15 +91,19 @@ func (xl xlObjects) GetObject(bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length i
 	totalBytesRead := int64(0)
 	// Read from all parts.
 	for ; partIndex <= lastPartIndex; partIndex++ {
+		if length == totalBytesRead {
+			break
+		}
 		// Save the current part name and size.
 		partName := xlMeta.Parts[partIndex].Name
 		partSize := xlMeta.Parts[partIndex].Size
-		if partSize > (length - totalBytesRead) {
-			partSize = length - totalBytesRead
+		readSize := partSize - partOffset
+		if readSize > (length - totalBytesRead) {
+			readSize = length - totalBytesRead
 		}
 
 		// Start reading the part name.
-		n, err := erasureReadFile(writer, onlineDisks, bucket, pathJoin(object, partName), partName, eInfos, partOffset, partSize)
+		n, err := erasureReadFile(writer, onlineDisks, bucket, pathJoin(object, partName), partName, eInfos, partOffset, readSize, partSize)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}