diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go b/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go
index 664776d5c..94364305d 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ func fsStat(ctx context.Context, statLoc string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 	}
 	fi, err := os.Stat((statLoc))
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		if err != errFileNotFound {
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-utils.go b/cmd/xl-v1-utils.go
index 5f5c914cb..4e16c3958 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-utils.go
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ func reduceErrs(errs []error, ignoredErrs []error) (maxCount int, maxErr error)
 func reduceQuorumErrs(ctx context.Context, errs []error, ignoredErrs []error, quorum int, quorumErr error) error {
 	maxCount, maxErr := reduceErrs(errs, ignoredErrs)
 	if maxCount >= quorum {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, maxErr)
+		if maxErr != errFileNotFound {
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, maxErr)
+		}
 		return maxErr
 	}
 	logger.LogIf(ctx, quorumErr)
@@ -295,7 +297,9 @@ func readXLMeta(ctx context.Context, disk StorageAPI, bucket string, object stri
 	// Reads entire `xl.json`.
 	xlMetaBuf, err := disk.ReadAll(bucket, path.Join(object, xlMetaJSONFile))
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		if err != errFileNotFound {
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		}
 		return xlMetaV1{}, err
 	}
 	// obtain xlMetaV1{} using `github.com/tidwall/gjson`.