diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go b/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go
index 13dc04616..47dbb160f 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1-helpers.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func fsStatFile(statFile string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 		return nil, traceError(err)
 	}
 	if fi.IsDir() {
-		return nil, traceError(errFileNotFound)
+		return nil, traceError(errFileAccessDenied)
 	}
 	return fi, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1-helpers_test.go b/cmd/fs-v1-helpers_test.go
index 49003f686..2937a64b8 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1-helpers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1-helpers_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestFSStats(t *testing.T) {
 			srcFSPath:   path,
 			srcVol:      "success-vol",
 			srcPath:     "path",
-			expectedErr: errFileNotFound,
+			expectedErr: errFileAccessDenied,
 		},
 		// Test case - 6.
 		// Test case with src path segment > 255.
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ func TestFSStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		if testCase.srcPath != "" {
-			if _, err := fsStatFile(pathJoin(testCase.srcFSPath, testCase.srcVol, testCase.srcPath)); errorCause(err) != testCase.expectedErr {
+			if _, err := fsStatFile(pathJoin(testCase.srcFSPath, testCase.srcVol,
+				testCase.srcPath)); errorCause(err) != testCase.expectedErr {
 				t.Fatalf("TestPosix case %d: Expected: \"%s\", got: \"%s\"", i+1, testCase.expectedErr, err)
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go b/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
index 040a7a090..14c3c1c12 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
@@ -706,6 +706,11 @@ func (fs fsObjects) CompleteMultipartUpload(bucket string, object string, upload
 		return ObjectInfo{}, err
 	}
 
+	// Check if an object is present as one of the parent dir.
+	if fs.parentDirIsObject(bucket, pathutil.Dir(object)) {
+		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(traceError(errFileAccessDenied), bucket, object)
+	}
+
 	if _, err := fs.statBucketDir(bucket); err != nil {
 		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(err, bucket)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index 0fc98a03f..5d6c64bde 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"syscall"
@@ -473,7 +474,6 @@ func (fs fsObjects) CopyObject(srcBucket, srcObject, dstBucket, dstObject string
 // startOffset indicates the starting read location of the object.
 // length indicates the total length of the object.
 func (fs fsObjects) GetObject(bucket, object string, offset int64, length int64, writer io.Writer) (err error) {
-	// This is a special case with object whose name ends with
 	if err = checkGetObjArgs(bucket, object); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -580,6 +580,25 @@ func (fs fsObjects) GetObjectInfo(bucket, object string) (ObjectInfo, error) {
 	return fs.getObjectInfo(bucket, object)
 }
 
+// This function does the following check, suppose
+// object is "a/b/c/d", stat makes sure that objects ""a/b/c""
+// "a/b" and "a" do not exist.
+func (fs fsObjects) parentDirIsObject(bucket, parent string) bool {
+	var isParentDirObject func(string) bool
+	isParentDirObject = func(p string) bool {
+		if p == "." {
+			return false
+		}
+		if _, err := fsStatFile(pathJoin(fs.fsPath, bucket, p)); err == nil {
+			// If there is already a file at prefix "p" return error.
+			return true
+		}
+		// Check if there is a file as one of the parent paths.
+		return isParentDirObject(path.Dir(p))
+	}
+	return isParentDirObject(parent)
+}
+
 // PutObject - creates an object upon reading from the input stream
 // until EOF, writes data directly to configured filesystem path.
 // Additionally writes `fs.json` which carries the necessary metadata
@@ -590,6 +609,10 @@ func (fs fsObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.
 	// a slash separator, we treat it like a valid operation and
 	// return success.
 	if isObjectDir(object, size) {
+		// Check if an object is present as one of the parent dir.
+		if fs.parentDirIsObject(bucket, path.Dir(object)) {
+			return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(traceError(errFileAccessDenied), bucket, object)
+		}
 		return dirObjectInfo(bucket, object, size, metadata), nil
 	}
 
@@ -597,6 +620,11 @@ func (fs fsObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.
 		return ObjectInfo{}, err
 	}
 
+	// Check if an object is present as one of the parent dir.
+	if fs.parentDirIsObject(bucket, path.Dir(object)) {
+		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(traceError(errFileAccessDenied), bucket, object)
+	}
+
 	if _, err = fs.statBucketDir(bucket); err != nil {
 		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(err, bucket)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1_test.go b/cmd/fs-v1_test.go
index f0b68b111..366ec010f 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1_test.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1_test.go
@@ -523,6 +523,54 @@ func TestFSGetBucketInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFSPutObject(t *testing.T) {
+	// Prepare for tests
+	disk := filepath.Join(globalTestTmpDir, "minio-"+nextSuffix())
+	defer removeAll(disk)
+
+	obj := initFSObjects(disk, t)
+	bucketName := "bucket"
+	objectName := "1/2/3/4/object"
+
+	if err := obj.MakeBucket(bucketName); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sha256sum := ""
+	_, err := obj.PutObject(bucketName, objectName, int64(len("abcd")), bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), nil, sha256sum)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(bucketName, objectName+"/1", int64(len("abcd")), bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), nil, sha256sum)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unexpected should fail here, backned corruption occurred")
+	}
+	if nerr, ok := errorCause(err).(PrefixAccessDenied); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected PrefixAccessDenied, got %#v", err)
+	} else {
+		if nerr.Bucket != "bucket" {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected 'bucket', got %s", nerr.Bucket)
+		}
+		if nerr.Object != "1/2/3/4/object/1" {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected '1/2/3/4/object/1', got %s", nerr.Object)
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(bucketName, objectName+"/1/", 0, bytes.NewReader([]byte("")), nil, sha256sum)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unexpected should fail here, backned corruption occurred")
+	}
+	if nerr, ok := errorCause(err).(PrefixAccessDenied); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected PrefixAccessDenied, got %#v", err)
+	} else {
+		if nerr.Bucket != "bucket" {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected 'bucket', got %s", nerr.Bucket)
+		}
+		if nerr.Object != "1/2/3/4/object/1/" {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected '1/2/3/4/object/1/', got %s", nerr.Object)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestFSDeleteObject - test fs.DeleteObject() with healthy and corrupted disks
 func TestFSDeleteObject(t *testing.T) {
 	// Prepare for tests
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-getobjectinfo_test.go b/cmd/object-api-getobjectinfo_test.go
index 14730eede..bdba72689 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-getobjectinfo_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-getobjectinfo_test.go
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ func testGetObjectInfo(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t TestErrHandler) {
 		{"test-getobjectinfo", "Antartica", ObjectInfo{}, ObjectNotFound{Bucket: "test-getobjectinfo", Object: "Antartica"}, false},
 		{"test-getobjectinfo", "Asia/myfile", ObjectInfo{}, ObjectNotFound{Bucket: "test-getobjectinfo", Object: "Asia/myfile"}, false},
 		// Test case with existing bucket but object name set to a directory (Test number 12).
-		{"test-getobjectinfo", "Asia", ObjectInfo{}, ObjectNotFound{Bucket: "test-getobjectinfo", Object: "Asia"}, false},
-		// Valid case with existing object (Test number 13).
+		{"test-getobjectinfo", "Asia/", ObjectInfo{}, ObjectNotFound{Bucket: "test-getobjectinfo", Object: "Asia/"}, false},
+		// Valid case with existing object (Test number 14).
 		{"test-getobjectinfo", "Asia/asiapics.jpg", resultCases[0], nil, true},
 	}
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
diff --git a/cmd/object_api_suite_test.go b/cmd/object_api_suite_test.go
index 73af5b23d..3f0af2d25 100644
--- a/cmd/object_api_suite_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object_api_suite_test.go
@@ -749,23 +749,26 @@ func testGetDirectoryReturnsObjectNotFound(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string,
 		c.Fatalf("%s: <ERROR> %s", instanceType, err)
 	}
 
-	for i, objName := range []string{"dir1", "dir1/", "dir1/dir3", "dir1/dir3/"} {
-		_, err = obj.GetObjectInfo(bucketName, objName)
-		if isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
-			err = errorCause(err)
-			err1 := err.(ObjectNotFound)
-			if err1.Bucket != bucketName {
-				c.Errorf("Test %d, %s: Expected the bucket name in the error message to be `%s`, but instead found `%s`",
-					i+1, instanceType, bucketName, err1.Bucket)
-			}
-			if err1.Object != objName {
-				c.Errorf("Test %d, %s: Expected the object name in the error message to be `%s`, but instead found `%s`",
-					i+1, instanceType, objName, err1.Object)
-			}
-		} else {
-			if err.Error() != "ObjectNotFound" {
-				c.Errorf("Test %d, %s: Expected the error message to be `%s`, but instead found `%s`", i+1, instanceType,
-					"ObjectNotFound", err.Error())
+	testCases := []struct {
+		dir string
+		err error
+	}{
+		{
+			dir: "dir1/",
+			err: ObjectNotFound{Bucket: bucketName, Object: "dir1/"},
+		},
+		{
+			dir: "dir1/dir3/",
+			err: ObjectNotFound{Bucket: bucketName, Object: "dir1/dir3/"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		_, expectedErr := obj.GetObjectInfo(bucketName, testCase.dir)
+		if expectedErr != nil {
+			expectedErr = errorCause(expectedErr)
+			if expectedErr.Error() != testCase.err.Error() {
+				c.Errorf("Test %d, %s: Expected error %s, got %s", i+1, instanceType, testCase.err, expectedErr)
 			}
 		}
 	}