diff --git a/cmd/auth-handler.go b/cmd/auth-handler.go
index 88e538740..ee0f8209a 100644
--- a/cmd/auth-handler.go
+++ b/cmd/auth-handler.go
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func validateAdminSignature(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, region string)
 		reqInfo := (&logger.ReqInfo{}).AppendTags("requestHeaders", dumpRequest(r))
 		ctx := logger.SetReqInfo(ctx, reqInfo)
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, errors.New(getAPIError(s3Err).Description), logger.Application)
+		return cred, nil, owner, s3Err
 	}
 
 	claims, s3Err := checkClaimsFromToken(r, cred)
diff --git a/cmd/auth-handler_test.go b/cmd/auth-handler_test.go
index 62b8af112..92e72e851 100644
--- a/cmd/auth-handler_test.go
+++ b/cmd/auth-handler_test.go
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ func TestIsReqAuthenticated(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
 func TestCheckAdminRequestAuthType(t *testing.T) {
 	objLayer, fsDir, err := prepareFS()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -425,3 +426,48 @@ func TestCheckAdminRequestAuthType(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateAdminSignature(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	objLayer, fsDir, err := prepareFS()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(fsDir)
+
+	if err = newTestConfig(globalMinioDefaultRegion, objLayer); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable initialize config file, %s", err)
+	}
+
+	creds, err := auth.CreateCredentials("admin", "mypassword")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable create credential, %s", err)
+	}
+	globalActiveCred = creds
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		AccessKey string
+		SecretKey string
+		ErrCode   APIErrorCode
+	}{
+		{"", "", ErrInvalidAccessKeyID},
+		{"admin", "", ErrSignatureDoesNotMatch},
+		{"admin", "wrongpassword", ErrSignatureDoesNotMatch},
+		{"wronguser", "mypassword", ErrInvalidAccessKeyID},
+		{"", "mypassword", ErrInvalidAccessKeyID},
+		{"admin", "mypassword", ErrNone},
+	}
+
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		req := mustNewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9000/", 0, nil, t)
+		if err := signRequestV4(req, testCase.AccessKey, testCase.SecretKey); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unable to inititalized new signed http request %s", err)
+		}
+		_, _, _, s3Error := validateAdminSignature(ctx, req, globalMinioDefaultRegion)
+		if s3Error != testCase.ErrCode {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: Unexpected s3error returned wanted %d, got %d", i+1, testCase.ErrCode, s3Error)
+		}
+	}
+}