diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-healing.go b/cmd/xl-v1-healing.go
index 2e289c2eb..6c614634e 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-healing.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-healing.go
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object string
 
 // healObjectDir - heals object directory specifically, this special call
 // is needed since we do not have a special backend format for directories.
-func (xl xlObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, dryRun bool) (hr madmin.HealResultItem, err error) {
+func (xl xlObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, dryRun bool, remove bool) (hr madmin.HealResultItem, err error) {
 	storageDisks := xl.getDisks()
 
 	// Initialize heal result object
@@ -501,11 +501,10 @@ func (xl xlObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, dr
 	hr.After.Drives = make([]madmin.HealDriveInfo, len(storageDisks))
 
 	errs := statAllDirs(ctx, storageDisks, bucket, object)
-	if isObjectDirDangling(errs) {
-		for i, err := range errs {
-			if err == nil {
-				storageDisks[i].DeleteFile(bucket, object)
-			}
+	danglingObject := isObjectDirDangling(errs)
+	if danglingObject {
+		if !dryRun && remove {
+			xl.deleteObject(ctx, bucket, object, hr.DataBlocks+1, true)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -517,8 +516,8 @@ func (xl xlObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, dr
 		}
 		switch err {
 		case nil:
-			hr.Before.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{State: madmin.DriveStateOk}
-			hr.After.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{State: madmin.DriveStateOk}
+			hr.Before.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{Endpoint: drive, State: madmin.DriveStateOk}
+			hr.After.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{Endpoint: drive, State: madmin.DriveStateOk}
 		case errDiskNotFound:
 			hr.Before.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{State: madmin.DriveStateOffline}
 			hr.After.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{State: madmin.DriveStateOffline}
@@ -531,12 +530,11 @@ func (xl xlObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, dr
 			hr.After.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{Endpoint: drive, State: madmin.DriveStateCorrupt}
 		}
 	}
-	if dryRun {
+	if dryRun || danglingObject {
 		return hr, nil
 	}
 	for i, err := range errs {
-		switch err {
-		case errVolumeNotFound, errFileNotFound:
+		if err == errVolumeNotFound || err == errFileNotFound {
 			// Bucket or prefix/directory not found
 			merr := storageDisks[i].MakeVol(pathJoin(bucket, object))
 			switch merr {
@@ -640,13 +638,22 @@ func statAllDirs(ctx context.Context, storageDisks []StorageAPI, bucket, prefix
 // if total disks - a combination of corrupted and missing
 // files is lesser than N/2+1 number of disks.
 func isObjectDirDangling(errs []error) (ok bool) {
-	var notFoundDir int
+	var found int
+	var notFound int
+	var foundNotEmpty int
+	var otherFound int
 	for _, readErr := range errs {
-		if readErr == errFileNotFound {
-			notFoundDir++
+		if readErr == nil {
+			found++
+		} else if readErr == errFileNotFound || readErr == errVolumeNotFound {
+			notFound++
+		} else if readErr == errVolumeNotEmpty {
+			foundNotEmpty++
+		} else {
+			otherFound++
 		}
 	}
-	return notFoundDir > len(errs)/2
+	return found+foundNotEmpty+otherFound < notFound
 }
 
 // Object is considered dangling/corrupted if any only
@@ -709,7 +716,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) HealObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts
 
 	// Healing directories handle it separately.
 	if HasSuffix(object, SlashSeparator) {
-		return xl.healObjectDir(healCtx, bucket, object, opts.DryRun)
+		return xl.healObjectDir(healCtx, bucket, object, opts.DryRun, opts.Remove)
 	}
 
 	storageDisks := xl.getDisks()