diff --git a/cmd/config-current.go b/cmd/config-current.go
index 69722feb4..35c4022f8 100644
--- a/cmd/config-current.go
+++ b/cmd/config-current.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/crypto"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/event"
@@ -552,7 +553,7 @@ func (s *serverConfig) loadToCachedConfigs() {
 			URL:         s.Policy.OPA.URL,
 			AuthToken:   s.Policy.OPA.AuthToken,
 			Transport:   NewCustomHTTPTransport(),
-			CloseRespFn: CloseResponse,
+			CloseRespFn: xhttp.DrainBody,
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go b/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go
index db68a80f6..ba957433e 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/cli"
 	miniogopolicy "github.com/minio/minio-go/pkg/policy"
 	minio "github.com/minio/minio/cmd"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/hash"
@@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ func ossListObjectParts(client *oss.Client, bucket, object, uploadID string, par
 	}
 
 	// always drain output (response body)
-	defer minio.CloseResponse(resp.Body)
+	defer xhttp.DrainBody(resp.Body)
 
 	err = xml.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&lupr)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/http/close.go b/cmd/http/close.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..818e665ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/http/close.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2019 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package http
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var b512pool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		buf := make([]byte, 512)
+		return &buf
+	},
+}
+
+// DrainBody close non nil response with any response Body.
+// convenient wrapper to drain any remaining data on response body.
+//
+// Subsequently this allows golang http RoundTripper
+// to re-use the same connection for future requests.
+func DrainBody(respBody io.ReadCloser) {
+	// Callers should close resp.Body when done reading from it.
+	// If resp.Body is not closed, the Client's underlying RoundTripper
+	// (typically Transport) may not be able to re-use a persistent TCP
+	// connection to the server for a subsequent "keep-alive" request.
+	if respBody != nil {
+		// Drain any remaining Body and then close the connection.
+		// Without this closing connection would disallow re-using
+		// the same connection for future uses.
+		//  - http://stackoverflow.com/a/17961593/4465767
+		bufp := b512pool.Get().(*[]byte)
+		defer b512pool.Put(bufp)
+		io.CopyBuffer(ioutil.Discard, respBody, *bufp)
+		respBody.Close()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go b/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go
index 8b914674f..d169cf18c 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2018 Minio, Inc.
+ * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2018, 2019 Minio, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	gohttp "net/http"
+
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 )
 
 // Target implements logger.Target and sends the json
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ func (h *Target) startHTTPLogger() {
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
-			if resp.Body != nil {
-				buf := make([]byte, 512)
-				io.CopyBuffer(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body, buf)
-				resp.Body.Close()
-			}
+
+			// Drain any response.
+			xhttp.DrainBody(resp.Body)
 		}
 	}()
 }
diff --git a/cmd/rest/client.go b/cmd/rest/client.go
index 7770273b9..16ca2fc40 100644
--- a/cmd/rest/client.go
+++ b/cmd/rest/client.go
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ func (c *Client) Call(method string, values url.Values, body io.Reader, length i
 	}
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		defer xhttp.DrainBody(resp.Body)
 		// Limit the ReadAll(), just in case, because of a bug, the server responds with large data.
-		r := io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1024)
-		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4096))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/rpc/client.go b/cmd/rpc/client.go
index efa45ff69..a7a4101c8 100644
--- a/cmd/rpc/client.go
+++ b/cmd/rpc/client.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
@@ -42,28 +40,6 @@ type Client struct {
 	serviceURL *xnet.URL
 }
 
-// closeResponse close non nil response with any response Body.
-// convenient wrapper to drain any remaining data on response body.
-//
-// Subsequently this allows golang http RoundTripper
-// to re-use the same connection for future requests.
-func closeResponse(body io.ReadCloser) {
-	// Callers should close resp.Body when done reading from it.
-	// If resp.Body is not closed, the Client's underlying RoundTripper
-	// (typically Transport) may not be able to re-use a persistent TCP
-	// connection to the server for a subsequent "keep-alive" request.
-	if body != nil {
-		// Drain any remaining Body and then close the connection.
-		// Without this closing connection would disallow re-using
-		// the same connection for future uses.
-		//  - http://stackoverflow.com/a/17961593/4465767
-		bufp := b512pool.Get().(*[]byte)
-		defer b512pool.Put(bufp)
-		io.CopyBuffer(ioutil.Discard, body, *bufp)
-		body.Close()
-	}
-}
-
 // Call - calls service method on RPC server.
 func (client *Client) Call(serviceMethod string, args, reply interface{}) error {
 	replyKind := reflect.TypeOf(reply).Kind()
@@ -93,7 +69,7 @@ func (client *Client) Call(serviceMethod string, args, reply interface{}) error
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer closeResponse(response.Body)
+	defer xhttp.DrainBody(response.Body)
 
 	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%v rpc call failed with error code %v", serviceMethod, response.StatusCode)
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index 1184a58d5..9e1a3bf33 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/rest"
 	xnet "github.com/minio/minio/pkg/net"
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) DiskInfo() (info DiskInfo, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	err = gob.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&info)
 	return info, err
 }
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) MakeVol(volume string) (err error) {
 	values := make(url.Values)
 	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodMakeVol, values, nil, -1)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) ListVols() (volinfo []VolInfo, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	err = gob.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&volinfo)
 	return volinfo, err
 }
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) StatVol(volume string) (volInfo VolInfo, err er
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	err = gob.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&volInfo)
 	return volInfo, err
 }
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) DeleteVol(volume string) (err error) {
 	values := make(url.Values)
 	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodDeleteVol, values, nil, -1)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) AppendFile(volume, path string, buffer []byte)
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
 	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(buffer)
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodAppendFile, values, reader, -1)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) CreateFile(volume, path string, length int64, r
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
 	values.Set(storageRESTLength, strconv.Itoa(int(length)))
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodCreateFile, values, r, length)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) WriteAll(volume, path string, buffer []byte) er
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
 	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(buffer)
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodWriteAll, values, reader, -1)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) StatFile(volume, path string) (info FileInfo, e
 	if err != nil {
 		return info, err
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	err = gob.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&info)
 	return info, err
 }
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadAll(volume, path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return ioutil.ReadAll(respBody)
 }
 
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadFile(volume, path string, offset int64, buf
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	n, err := io.ReadFull(respBody, buffer)
 	return int64(n), err
 }
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) ListDir(volume, dirPath string, count int) (ent
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	err = gob.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&entries)
 	return entries, err
 }
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) DeleteFile(volume, path string) error {
 	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodDeleteFile, values, nil, -1)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) RenameFile(srcVolume, srcPath, dstVolume, dstPa
 	values.Set(storageRESTDstVolume, dstVolume)
 	values.Set(storageRESTDstPath, dstPath)
 	respBody, err := client.call(storageRESTMethodRenameFile, values, nil, -1)
-	defer CloseResponse(respBody)
+	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/update-main.go b/cmd/update-main.go
index 4d9e77434..4ddf4bc30 100644
--- a/cmd/update-main.go
+++ b/cmd/update-main.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/inconshreveable/go-update"
 	"github.com/minio/cli"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	_ "github.com/minio/sha256-simd" // Needed for sha256 hash verifier.
 	"github.com/segmentio/go-prompt"
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ func downloadReleaseURL(releaseChecksumURL string, timeout time.Duration, mode s
 	if resp == nil {
 		return content, fmt.Errorf("No response from server to download URL %s", releaseChecksumURL)
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(resp.Body)
+	defer xhttp.DrainBody(resp.Body)
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return content, fmt.Errorf("Error downloading URL %s. Response: %v", releaseChecksumURL, resp.Status)
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ func doUpdate(sha256Hex string, latestReleaseTime time.Time, ok bool) (updateSta
 	if err != nil {
 		return updateStatusMsg, err
 	}
-	defer CloseResponse(resp.Body)
+	defer xhttp.DrainBody(resp.Body)
 
 	// FIXME: add support for gpg verification as well.
 	if err = update.Apply(resp.Body,
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index b32ebd01e..ba69b3a69 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
@@ -467,35 +466,6 @@ func isNetworkOrHostDown(err error) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-var b512pool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		buf := make([]byte, 512)
-		return &buf
-	},
-}
-
-// CloseResponse close non nil response with any response Body.
-// convenient wrapper to drain any remaining data on response body.
-//
-// Subsequently this allows golang http RoundTripper
-// to re-use the same connection for future requests.
-func CloseResponse(respBody io.ReadCloser) {
-	// Callers should close resp.Body when done reading from it.
-	// If resp.Body is not closed, the Client's underlying RoundTripper
-	// (typically Transport) may not be able to re-use a persistent TCP
-	// connection to the server for a subsequent "keep-alive" request.
-	if respBody != nil {
-		// Drain any remaining Body and then close the connection.
-		// Without this closing connection would disallow re-using
-		// the same connection for future uses.
-		//  - http://stackoverflow.com/a/17961593/4465767
-		bufp := b512pool.Get().(*[]byte)
-		defer b512pool.Put(bufp)
-		io.CopyBuffer(ioutil.Discard, respBody, *bufp)
-		respBody.Close()
-	}
-}
-
 // Used for registering with rest handlers (have a look at registerStorageRESTHandlers for usage example)
 // If it is passed ["aaaa", "bbbb"], it returns ["aaaa", "{aaaa:.*}", "bbbb", "{bbbb:.*}"]
 func restQueries(keys ...string) []string {