diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index 5ac06658f..797f894e0 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ func registerStorageRESTHandlers(router *mux.Router, endpoints EndpointList) {
 		subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(SlashSeparator + storageRESTMethodRenameFile).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.RenameFileHandler)).
 			Queries(restQueries(storageRESTSrcVolume, storageRESTSrcPath, storageRESTDstVolume, storageRESTDstPath)...)
 		subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(SlashSeparator + storageRESTMethodVerifyFile).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.VerifyFile)).
-			Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTFilePath, storageRESTBitrotAlgo, storageRESTLength)...)
+			Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTFilePath, storageRESTBitrotAlgo, storageRESTLength, storageRESTEmpty)...)
 		subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(SlashSeparator + storageRESTMethodGetInstanceID).HandlerFunc(httpTraceAll(server.GetInstanceID))
 	}