diff --git a/cmd/erasure-decode.go b/cmd/erasure-decode.go
index 14861cea2..53f2d6eb8 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-decode.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-decode.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type parallelReader struct {
 	readers       []io.ReaderAt
 	orgReaders    []io.ReaderAt
 	dataBlocks    int
+	errs          []error
 	offset        int64
 	shardSize     int64
 	shardFileSize int64
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func newParallelReader(readers []io.ReaderAt, e Erasure, offset, totalLength int
 	return &parallelReader{
 		readers:       readers,
 		orgReaders:    readers,
+		errs:          make([]error, len(readers)),
 		dataBlocks:    e.dataBlocks,
 		offset:        (offset / e.blockSize) * e.ShardSize(),
 		shardSize:     e.ShardSize(),
@@ -169,6 +171,8 @@ func (p *parallelReader) Read(dst [][]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 				// This will be communicated upstream.
 				p.orgReaders[bufIdx] = nil
 				p.readers[i] = nil
+				p.errs[i] = err
+
 				// Since ReadAt returned error, trigger another read.
 				readTriggerCh <- true
 				return
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ func (p *parallelReader) Read(dst [][]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 		return newBuf, nil
 	}
 
-	return nil, errErasureReadQuorum
+	return nil, reduceReadQuorumErrs(context.Background(), p.errs, objectOpIgnoredErrs, p.dataBlocks)
 }
 
 type errDecodeHealRequired struct {
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go b/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
index ef768c6fa..d8f0a8ce0 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestHealing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	disk := er.getDisks()[0]
-	fileInfoPreHeal, err := disk.ReadVersion(context.Background(), bucket, object, "", false)
+	fileInfoPreHeal, err := disk.ReadVersion(context.Background(), bucket, object, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestHealing(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	fileInfoPostHeal, err := disk.ReadVersion(context.Background(), bucket, object, "", false)
+	fileInfoPostHeal, err := disk.ReadVersion(context.Background(), bucket, object, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestHealing(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	fileInfoPostHeal, err = disk.ReadVersion(context.Background(), bucket, object, "", false)
+	fileInfoPostHeal, err = disk.ReadVersion(context.Background(), bucket, object, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go b/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go
index bce748921..db4aa9186 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go
@@ -113,21 +113,9 @@ func hashOrder(key string, cardinality int) []int {
 	return nums
 }
 
-// Reads all `xl.meta` metadata as a FileInfo slice and checks if the data dir exists as well,
-// otherwise returns errFileNotFound (or errFileVersionNotFound)
-func getAllObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, disks []StorageAPI, bucket, object, versionID string) ([]FileInfo, []error) {
-	return readVersionFromDisks(ctx, disks, bucket, object, versionID, true)
-}
-
 // Reads all `xl.meta` metadata as a FileInfo slice.
 // Returns error slice indicating the failed metadata reads.
 func readAllFileInfo(ctx context.Context, disks []StorageAPI, bucket, object, versionID string) ([]FileInfo, []error) {
-	return readVersionFromDisks(ctx, disks, bucket, object, versionID, false)
-}
-
-// Reads all `xl.meta` metadata as a FileInfo slice and checks if the data dir
-// exists as well, if checkDataDir is set to true.
-func readVersionFromDisks(ctx context.Context, disks []StorageAPI, bucket, object, versionID string, checkDataDir bool) ([]FileInfo, []error) {
 	metadataArray := make([]FileInfo, len(disks))
 
 	g := errgroup.WithNErrs(len(disks))
@@ -138,7 +126,7 @@ func readVersionFromDisks(ctx context.Context, disks []StorageAPI, bucket, objec
 			if disks[index] == nil {
 				return errDiskNotFound
 			}
-			metadataArray[index], err = disks[index].ReadVersion(ctx, bucket, object, versionID, checkDataDir)
+			metadataArray[index], err = disks[index].ReadVersion(ctx, bucket, object, versionID)
 			if err != nil {
 				if !IsErr(err, errFileNotFound, errVolumeNotFound, errFileVersionNotFound, errDiskNotFound) {
 					logger.LogOnceIf(ctx, err, disks[index].String())
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-multipart.go b/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
index cc56e7e95..a4fb8b215 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) cleanupStaleUploadsOnDisk(ctx context.Context, disk Sto
 		}
 		for _, uploadIDDir := range uploadIDDirs {
 			uploadIDPath := pathJoin(shaDir, uploadIDDir)
-			fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDPath, "", false)
+			fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDPath, "")
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) cleanupStaleUploadsOnDisk(ctx context.Context, disk Sto
 		return
 	}
 	for _, tmpDir := range tmpDirs {
-		fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpDir, "", false)
+		fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpDir, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) ListMultipartUploads(ctx context.Context, bucket, objec
 		if populatedUploadIds.Contains(uploadID) {
 			continue
 		}
-		fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaMultipartBucket, pathJoin(er.getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID)), "", false)
+		fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaMultipartBucket, pathJoin(er.getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID)), "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return result, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 64e887a08..f413e4354 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 	disks := er.getDisks()
 
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
-	metaArr, errs := getAllObjectFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID)
+	metaArr, errs := readAllFileInfo(ctx, disks, bucket, object, opts.VersionID)
 
 	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, er, metaArr, errs)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object_test.go b/cmd/erasure-object_test.go
index 2016b843f..a224489df 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object_test.go
@@ -288,16 +288,38 @@ func TestGetObjectNoQuorum(t *testing.T) {
 	bucket := "bucket"
 	object := "object"
 	opts := ObjectOptions{}
-	// Create "object" under "bucket".
+
+	// Test use case 1: All disks are online, xl.meta are present, but data are missing
 	_, err = obj.PutObject(ctx, bucket, object, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), int64(len("abcd")), "", ""), opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	// Make 9 disks offline, which leaves less than quorum number of disks
+	for _, disk := range xl.getDisks() {
+		files, _ := disk.ListDir(ctx, bucket, object, -1)
+		for _, file := range files {
+			if file != "xl.meta" {
+				disk.Delete(ctx, bucket, pathJoin(object, file), true)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = xl.GetObject(ctx, bucket, object, 0, int64(len("abcd")), ioutil.Discard, "", opts)
+	if err != toObjectErr(errFileNotFound, bucket, object) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected GetObject to fail with %v, but failed with %v", toObjectErr(errErasureWriteQuorum, bucket, object), err)
+	}
+
+	// Test use case 2: Make 9 disks offline, which leaves less than quorum number of disks
 	// in a 16 disk Erasure setup. The original disks are 'replaced' with
 	// naughtyDisks that fail after 'f' successful StorageAPI method
 	// invocations, where f - [0,2)
+
+	// Create "object" under "bucket".
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(ctx, bucket, object, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), int64(len("abcd")), "", ""), opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	for f := 0; f < 2; f++ {
 		diskErrors := make(map[int]error)
 		for i := 0; i <= f; i++ {
@@ -320,9 +342,84 @@ func TestGetObjectNoQuorum(t *testing.T) {
 		// Fetch object from store.
 		err = xl.GetObject(ctx, bucket, object, 0, int64(len("abcd")), ioutil.Discard, "", opts)
 		if err != toObjectErr(errErasureReadQuorum, bucket, object) {
-			t.Errorf("Expected putObject to fail with %v, but failed with %v", toObjectErr(errErasureWriteQuorum, bucket, object), err)
+			t.Errorf("Expected GetObject to fail with %v, but failed with %v", toObjectErr(errErasureWriteQuorum, bucket, object), err)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestHeadObjectNoQuorum(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Create an instance of xl backend.
+	obj, fsDirs, err := prepareErasure16(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Cleanup backend directories.
+	defer obj.Shutdown(context.Background())
+	defer removeRoots(fsDirs)
+
+	z := obj.(*erasureServerPools)
+	xl := z.serverPools[0].sets[0]
+
+	// Create "bucket"
+	err = obj.MakeBucketWithLocation(ctx, "bucket", BucketOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	bucket := "bucket"
+	object := "object"
+	opts := ObjectOptions{}
+
+	// Test use case 1: All disks are online, xl.meta are present, but data are missing
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(ctx, bucket, object, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), int64(len("abcd")), "", ""), opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, disk := range xl.getDisks() {
+		files, _ := disk.ListDir(ctx, bucket, object, -1)
+		for _, file := range files {
+			if file != "xl.meta" {
+				disk.Delete(ctx, bucket, pathJoin(object, file), true)
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	_, err = xl.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected StatObject to succeed if data dir are not found, but failed with %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test use case 2: Make 9 disks offline, which leaves less than quorum number of disks
+	// in a 16 disk Erasure setup. The original disks are 'replaced' with
+	// naughtyDisks that fail after 'f' successful StorageAPI method
+	// invocations, where f - [0,2)
+
+	// Create "object" under "bucket".
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(ctx, bucket, object, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), int64(len("abcd")), "", ""), opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	erasureDisks := xl.getDisks()
+	for i := range erasureDisks[:10] {
+		erasureDisks[i] = nil
+	}
+
+	z.serverPools[0].erasureDisksMu.Lock()
+	xl.getDisks = func() []StorageAPI {
+		return erasureDisks
+	}
+	z.serverPools[0].erasureDisksMu.Unlock()
+
+	// Fetch object from store.
+	_, err = xl.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	if err != toObjectErr(errErasureReadQuorum, bucket, object) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected getObjectInfo to fail with %v, but failed with %v", toObjectErr(errErasureWriteQuorum, bucket, object), err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPutObjectNoQuorum(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/metacache-set.go b/cmd/metacache-set.go
index b6f28b0bd..6fea4e5de 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-set.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-set.go
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) streamMetadataParts(ctx context.Context, o listPathOpt
 				continue
 			}
 
-			_, err := disks[0].ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaBucket, o.objectPath(0), "", false)
+			_, err := disks[0].ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaBucket, o.objectPath(0), "")
 			if err != nil {
 				time.Sleep(retryDelay)
 				retries++
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) streamMetadataParts(ctx context.Context, o listPathOpt
 						continue
 					}
 
-					_, err := disks[0].ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaBucket, o.objectPath(partN), "", false)
+					_, err := disks[0].ReadVersion(ctx, minioMetaBucket, o.objectPath(partN), "")
 					if err != nil {
 						time.Sleep(retryDelay)
 						retries++
diff --git a/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go b/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go
index 95681c1b8..3d7d913fc 100644
--- a/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go
+++ b/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ func (d *naughtyDisk) DeleteVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi
 	return d.disk.DeleteVersion(ctx, volume, path, fi)
 }
 
-func (d *naughtyDisk) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string, checkDataDir bool) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
+func (d *naughtyDisk) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
 	if err := d.calcError(); err != nil {
 		return FileInfo{}, err
 	}
-	return d.disk.ReadVersion(ctx, volume, path, versionID, checkDataDir)
+	return d.disk.ReadVersion(ctx, volume, path, versionID)
 }
 
 func (d *naughtyDisk) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b []byte) (err error) {
diff --git a/cmd/storage-interface.go b/cmd/storage-interface.go
index 00d527a37..1d92bee25 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-interface.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-interface.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type StorageAPI interface {
 	DeleteVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) error
 	DeleteVersions(ctx context.Context, volume string, versions []FileInfo) []error
 	WriteMetadata(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) error
-	ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string, checkDataDir bool) (FileInfo, error)
+	ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string) (FileInfo, error)
 	RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcPath, dataDir, dstVolume, dstPath string) error
 
 	// File operations.
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index 89cb5bfcb..0006c88b9 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -396,12 +396,11 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcP
 	return err
 }
 
-func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string, checkDataDir bool) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
+func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
 	values := make(url.Values)
 	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
 	values.Set(storageRESTVersionID, versionID)
-	values.Set(storageRESTCheckDataDir, strconv.FormatBool(checkDataDir))
 
 	respBody, err := client.call(ctx, storageRESTMethodReadVersion, values, nil, -1)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-common.go b/cmd/storage-rest-common.go
index 7ac8bb3c0..bc93275c1 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-common.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-common.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ const (
 	storageRESTDirPath        = "dir-path"
 	storageRESTFilePath       = "file-path"
 	storageRESTVersionID      = "version-id"
-	storageRESTCheckDataDir   = "check-data-dir"
 	storageRESTTotalVersions  = "total-versions"
 	storageRESTSrcVolume      = "source-volume"
 	storageRESTSrcPath        = "source-path"
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index d199e9587..6cd3d1aa1 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -327,13 +327,7 @@ func (s *storageRESTServer) ReadVersionHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	volume := vars[storageRESTVolume]
 	filePath := vars[storageRESTFilePath]
 	versionID := vars[storageRESTVersionID]
-	checkDataDir, err := strconv.ParseBool(vars[storageRESTCheckDataDir])
-	if err != nil {
-		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	fi, err := s.storage.ReadVersion(r.Context(), volume, filePath, versionID, checkDataDir)
+	fi, err := s.storage.ReadVersion(r.Context(), volume, filePath, versionID)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
 		return
@@ -1043,7 +1037,7 @@ func registerStorageRESTHandlers(router *mux.Router, endpointServerPools Endpoin
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodDeleteVersion).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.DeleteVersionHandler)).
 				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTFilePath)...)
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodReadVersion).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.ReadVersionHandler)).
-				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTFilePath, storageRESTVersionID, storageRESTCheckDataDir)...)
+				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTFilePath, storageRESTVersionID)...)
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodRenameData).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.RenameDataHandler)).
 				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTSrcVolume, storageRESTSrcPath, storageRESTDataDir,
 					storageRESTDstVolume, storageRESTDstPath)...)
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
index 9f36554ec..7ae615ae5 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) WriteMetadata(ctx context.Context, volume, path s
 	return p.storage.WriteMetadata(ctx, volume, path, fi)
 }
 
-func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string, checkDataDir bool) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
+func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
 	if err = p.checkDiskStale(); err != nil {
 		return fi, err
 	}
 
-	return p.storage.ReadVersion(ctx, volume, path, versionID, checkDataDir)
+	return p.storage.ReadVersion(ctx, volume, path, versionID)
 }
 
 func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) (buf []byte, err error) {
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index bcb995d18..6a5819cee 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) renameLegacyMetadata(volume, path string) error {
 }
 
 // ReadVersion - reads metadata and returns FileInfo at path `xl.meta`
-func (s *xlStorage) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string, checkDataDir bool) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
+func (s *xlStorage) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID string) (fi FileInfo, err error) {
 	buf, err := s.ReadAll(ctx, volume, pathJoin(path, xlStorageFormatFile))
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == errFileNotFound {
@@ -1158,28 +1158,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID str
 		return fi, errFileNotFound
 	}
 
-	fi, err = getFileInfo(buf, volume, path, versionID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fi, err
-	}
-	// skip checking data dir when object is transitioned - after transition, data dir will
-	// be empty with just the metadata left behind.
-	if fi.TransitionStatus != "" {
-		checkDataDir = false
-	}
-	if fi.DataDir != "" && checkDataDir {
-		if _, err = s.StatVol(ctx, pathJoin(volume, path, fi.DataDir, slashSeparator)); err != nil {
-			if err == errVolumeNotFound {
-				if versionID != "" {
-					return fi, errFileVersionNotFound
-				}
-				return fi, errFileNotFound
-			}
-			return fi, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return fi, nil
+	return getFileInfo(buf, volume, path, versionID)
 }
 
 // ReadAll reads from r until an error or EOF and returns the data it read.