diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go b/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
index 3175aae13..6e75946eb 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ func (xl xlObjects) getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID string) string {
 	return pathJoin(xl.getMultipartSHADir(bucket, object), uploadID)
 }
 
+// getUploadIDLockPath returns the name of the Lock in the form of
+// bucket/object/uploadID. For locking, the path bucket/object/uploadID
+// is locked instead of multipart-sha256-Dir/uploadID as it is more
+// readable in the list-locks output which helps in debugging.
+func (xl xlObjects) getUploadIDLockPath(bucket, object, uploadID string) string {
+	return pathJoin(bucket, object, uploadID)
+}
+
 func (xl xlObjects) getMultipartSHADir(bucket, object string) string {
 	return getSHA256Hash([]byte(pathJoin(bucket, object)))
 }
@@ -290,9 +298,10 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObjectPart(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uploadID
 	var partsMetadata []xlMetaV1
 	var errs []error
 	uploadIDPath := xl.getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID)
+	uploadIDLockPath := xl.getUploadIDLockPath(bucket, object, uploadID)
 
 	// pre-check upload id lock.
-	preUploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDPath)
+	preUploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDLockPath)
 	if err := preUploadIDLock.GetRLock(globalOperationTimeout); err != nil {
 		return pi, err
 	}
@@ -398,7 +407,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObjectPart(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uploadID
 	}
 
 	// post-upload check (write) lock
-	postUploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDPath)
+	postUploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDLockPath)
 	if err = postUploadIDLock.GetLock(globalOperationTimeout); err != nil {
 		return pi, err
 	}
@@ -491,7 +500,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) ListObjectParts(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uploadI
 	// Hold lock so that there is no competing
 	// abort-multipart-upload or complete-multipart-upload.
 	uploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket,
-		xl.getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID))
+		xl.getUploadIDLockPath(bucket, object, uploadID))
 	if err := uploadIDLock.GetLock(globalListingTimeout); err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}
@@ -579,6 +588,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) CompleteMultipartUpload(ctx context.Context, bucket string,
 	defer destLock.Unlock()
 
 	uploadIDPath := xl.getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID)
+	uploadIDLockPath := xl.getUploadIDLockPath(bucket, object, uploadID)
 
 	// Hold lock so that
 	//
@@ -586,7 +596,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) CompleteMultipartUpload(ctx context.Context, bucket string,
 	//
 	// 2) no one does a parallel complete-multipart-upload on this
 	// multipart upload
-	uploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDPath)
+	uploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDLockPath)
 	if err := uploadIDLock.GetLock(globalOperationTimeout); err != nil {
 		return oi, err
 	}
@@ -785,9 +795,10 @@ func (xl xlObjects) AbortMultipartUpload(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, up
 	}
 	// Construct uploadIDPath.
 	uploadIDPath := xl.getUploadIDDir(bucket, object, uploadID)
+	uploadIDLockPath := xl.getUploadIDLockPath(bucket, object, uploadID)
 	// Hold lock so that there is no competing
 	// complete-multipart-upload or put-object-part.
-	uploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDPath)
+	uploadIDLock := xl.nsMutex.NewNSLock(minioMetaMultipartBucket, uploadIDLockPath)
 	if err := uploadIDLock.GetLock(globalOperationTimeout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}