diff --git a/cmd/generic-handlers.go b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
index defd66e6c..9298ee405 100644
--- a/cmd/generic-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
@@ -247,8 +247,11 @@ func guessIsRPCReq(req *http.Request) bool {
 	if req == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	if req.Method == http.MethodGet && req.URL != nil && req.URL.Path == grid.RoutePath {
-		return true
+	if req.Method == http.MethodGet && req.URL != nil {
+		switch req.URL.Path {
+		case grid.RoutePath, grid.RouteLockPath:
+			return true
+		}
 	}
 
 	return (req.Method == http.MethodPost || req.Method == http.MethodGet) &&
diff --git a/cmd/generic-handlers_test.go b/cmd/generic-handlers_test.go
index 12ba5631e..f6cc6e07e 100644
--- a/cmd/generic-handlers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/generic-handlers_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ func TestGuessIsRPC(t *testing.T) {
 	if !guessIsRPCReq(r) {
 		t.Fatal("Grid RPC path not detected")
 	}
+	r = &http.Request{
+		Proto:  "HTTP/1.1",
+		Method: http.MethodGet,
+		URL:    &url.URL{Path: grid.RouteLockPath},
+	}
+	if !guessIsRPCReq(r) {
+		t.Fatal("Grid RPC path not detected")
+	}
 }
 
 var isHTTPHeaderSizeTooLargeTests = []struct {
diff --git a/cmd/grid.go b/cmd/grid.go
index 125dda952..a2c8f3973 100644
--- a/cmd/grid.go
+++ b/cmd/grid.go
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ import (
 // globalGrid is the global grid manager.
 var globalGrid atomic.Pointer[grid.Manager]
 
+// globalLockGrid is the global lock grid manager.
+var globalLockGrid atomic.Pointer[grid.Manager]
+
 // globalGridStart is a channel that will block startup of grid connections until closed.
 var globalGridStart = make(chan struct{})
 
+// globalLockGridStart is a channel that will block startup of lock grid connections until closed.
+var globalLockGridStart = make(chan struct{})
+
 func initGlobalGrid(ctx context.Context, eps EndpointServerPools) error {
 	hosts, local := eps.GridHosts()
 	lookupHost := globalDNSCache.LookupHost
@@ -55,9 +61,10 @@ func initGlobalGrid(ctx context.Context, eps EndpointServerPools) error {
 		AuthFn:       newCachedAuthToken(),
 		BlockConnect: globalGridStart,
 		// Record incoming and outgoing bytes.
-		Incoming: globalConnStats.incInternodeInputBytes,
-		Outgoing: globalConnStats.incInternodeOutputBytes,
-		TraceTo:  globalTrace,
+		Incoming:  globalConnStats.incInternodeInputBytes,
+		Outgoing:  globalConnStats.incInternodeOutputBytes,
+		TraceTo:   globalTrace,
+		RoutePath: grid.RoutePath,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -65,3 +72,36 @@ func initGlobalGrid(ctx context.Context, eps EndpointServerPools) error {
 	globalGrid.Store(g)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func initGlobalLockGrid(ctx context.Context, eps EndpointServerPools) error {
+	hosts, local := eps.GridHosts()
+	lookupHost := globalDNSCache.LookupHost
+	g, err := grid.NewManager(ctx, grid.ManagerOptions{
+		// Pass Dialer for websocket grid, make sure we do not
+		// provide any DriveOPTimeout() function, as that is not
+		// useful over persistent connections.
+		Dialer: grid.ConnectWSWithRoutePath(
+			grid.ContextDialer(xhttp.DialContextWithLookupHost(lookupHost, xhttp.NewInternodeDialContext(rest.DefaultTimeout, globalTCPOptions.ForWebsocket()))),
+			newCachedAuthToken(),
+			&tls.Config{
+				RootCAs:          globalRootCAs,
+				CipherSuites:     fips.TLSCiphers(),
+				CurvePreferences: fips.TLSCurveIDs(),
+			}, grid.RouteLockPath),
+		Local:        local,
+		Hosts:        hosts,
+		AuthToken:    validateStorageRequestToken,
+		AuthFn:       newCachedAuthToken(),
+		BlockConnect: globalGridStart,
+		// Record incoming and outgoing bytes.
+		Incoming:  globalConnStats.incInternodeInputBytes,
+		Outgoing:  globalConnStats.incInternodeOutputBytes,
+		TraceTo:   globalTrace,
+		RoutePath: grid.RouteLockPath,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	globalLockGrid.Store(g)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/lock-rest-client.go b/cmd/lock-rest-client.go
index bf162d124..ff8e2c35a 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-rest-client.go
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ func newLockAPI(endpoint Endpoint) dsync.NetLocker {
 
 // Returns a lock rest client.
 func newlockRESTClient(ep Endpoint) *lockRESTClient {
-	return &lockRESTClient{globalGrid.Load().Connection(ep.GridHost())}
+	return &lockRESTClient{globalLockGrid.Load().Connection(ep.GridHost())}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/lock-rest-client_test.go b/cmd/lock-rest-client_test.go
index 10beb12a0..15965235a 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-rest-client_test.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-rest-client_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestLockRESTlient(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
-	err = initGlobalGrid(ctx, []PoolEndpoints{{Endpoints: Endpoints{endpoint, endpointLocal}}})
+	err = initGlobalLockGrid(ctx, []PoolEndpoints{{Endpoints: Endpoints{endpoint, endpointLocal}}})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/lock-rest-server.go b/cmd/lock-rest-server.go
index a0adea595..efabef342 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-rest-server.go
@@ -111,17 +111,17 @@ func newLockHandler(h grid.HandlerID) *grid.SingleHandler[*dsync.LockArgs, *dsyn
 }
 
 // registerLockRESTHandlers - register lock rest router.
-func registerLockRESTHandlers() {
+func registerLockRESTHandlers(gm *grid.Manager) {
 	lockServer := &lockRESTServer{
 		ll: newLocker(),
 	}
 
-	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCForceUnlock.Register(globalGrid.Load(), lockServer.ForceUnlockHandler), "unable to register handler")
-	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCRefresh.Register(globalGrid.Load(), lockServer.RefreshHandler), "unable to register handler")
-	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCLock.Register(globalGrid.Load(), lockServer.LockHandler), "unable to register handler")
-	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCUnlock.Register(globalGrid.Load(), lockServer.UnlockHandler), "unable to register handler")
-	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCRLock.Register(globalGrid.Load(), lockServer.RLockHandler), "unable to register handler")
-	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCRUnlock.Register(globalGrid.Load(), lockServer.RUnlockHandler), "unable to register handler")
+	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCForceUnlock.Register(gm, lockServer.ForceUnlockHandler), "unable to register handler")
+	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCRefresh.Register(gm, lockServer.RefreshHandler), "unable to register handler")
+	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCLock.Register(gm, lockServer.LockHandler), "unable to register handler")
+	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCUnlock.Register(gm, lockServer.UnlockHandler), "unable to register handler")
+	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCRLock.Register(gm, lockServer.RLockHandler), "unable to register handler")
+	logger.FatalIf(lockRPCRUnlock.Register(gm, lockServer.RUnlockHandler), "unable to register handler")
 
 	globalLockServer = lockServer.ll
 
diff --git a/cmd/routers.go b/cmd/routers.go
index e0cafdbea..c0bfc91df 100644
--- a/cmd/routers.go
+++ b/cmd/routers.go
@@ -26,20 +26,28 @@ import (
 
 // Composed function registering routers for only distributed Erasure setup.
 func registerDistErasureRouters(router *mux.Router, endpointServerPools EndpointServerPools) {
+	var (
+		lockGrid   = globalLockGrid.Load()
+		commonGrid = globalGrid.Load()
+	)
+
 	// Register storage REST router only if its a distributed setup.
-	registerStorageRESTHandlers(router, endpointServerPools, globalGrid.Load())
+	registerStorageRESTHandlers(router, endpointServerPools, commonGrid)
 
 	// Register peer REST router only if its a distributed setup.
-	registerPeerRESTHandlers(router, globalGrid.Load())
+	registerPeerRESTHandlers(router, commonGrid)
 
 	// Register bootstrap REST router for distributed setups.
-	registerBootstrapRESTHandlers(globalGrid.Load())
+	registerBootstrapRESTHandlers(commonGrid)
 
 	// Register distributed namespace lock routers.
-	registerLockRESTHandlers()
+	registerLockRESTHandlers(lockGrid)
+
+	// Add lock grid to router
+	router.Handle(grid.RouteLockPath, adminMiddleware(lockGrid.Handler(storageServerRequestValidate), noGZFlag, noObjLayerFlag))
 
 	// Add grid to router
-	router.Handle(grid.RoutePath, adminMiddleware(globalGrid.Load().Handler(storageServerRequestValidate), noGZFlag, noObjLayerFlag))
+	router.Handle(grid.RoutePath, adminMiddleware(commonGrid.Handler(storageServerRequestValidate), noGZFlag, noObjLayerFlag))
 }
 
 // List of some generic middlewares which are applied for all incoming requests.
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 4a168bd74..92131d6b3 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -856,6 +856,11 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		logger.FatalIf(initGlobalGrid(GlobalContext, globalEndpoints), "Unable to configure server grid RPC services")
 	})
 
+	// Initialize lock grid
+	bootstrapTrace("initLockGrid", func() {
+		logger.FatalIf(initGlobalLockGrid(GlobalContext, globalEndpoints), "Unable to configure server lock grid RPC services")
+	})
+
 	// Configure server.
 	bootstrapTrace("configureServer", func() {
 		handler, err := configureServerHandler(globalEndpoints)
@@ -863,7 +868,8 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 			logger.Fatal(config.ErrUnexpectedError(err), "Unable to configure one of server's RPC services")
 		}
 		// Allow grid to start after registering all services.
-		xioutil.SafeClose(globalGridStart)
+		close(globalGridStart)
+		close(globalLockGridStart)
 
 		httpServer := xhttp.NewServer(getServerListenAddrs()).
 			UseHandler(setCriticalErrorHandler(corsHandler(handler))).
diff --git a/internal/grid/connection.go b/internal/grid/connection.go
index 8bfe682f6..40f84ba46 100644
--- a/internal/grid/connection.go
+++ b/internal/grid/connection.go
@@ -1319,7 +1319,11 @@ func (c *Connection) handleConnectMux(ctx context.Context, m message, subID *sub
 			handler = c.handlers.subStateless[*subID]
 		}
 		if handler == nil {
-			gridLogIf(ctx, c.queueMsg(m, muxConnectError{Error: "Invalid Handler for type"}))
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Handler for type: %v", m.Handler)
+			if subID != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Handler for type: %v", *subID)
+			}
+			gridLogIf(ctx, c.queueMsg(m, muxConnectError{Error: msg}))
 			return
 		}
 		_, _ = c.inStream.LoadOrCompute(m.MuxID, func() *muxServer {
@@ -1338,7 +1342,11 @@ func (c *Connection) handleConnectMux(ctx context.Context, m message, subID *sub
 			handler = c.handlers.subStreams[*subID]
 		}
 		if handler == nil {
-			gridLogIf(ctx, c.queueMsg(m, muxConnectError{Error: "Invalid Handler for type"}))
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Handler for type: %v", m.Handler)
+			if subID != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Handler for type: %v", *subID)
+			}
+			gridLogIf(ctx, c.queueMsg(m, muxConnectError{Error: msg}))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -1392,7 +1400,11 @@ func (c *Connection) handleRequest(ctx context.Context, m message, subID *subHan
 		handler = c.handlers.subSingle[*subID]
 	}
 	if handler == nil {
-		gridLogIf(ctx, c.queueMsg(m, muxConnectError{Error: "Invalid Handler for type"}))
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Handler for type: %v", m.Handler)
+		if subID != nil {
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Handler for type: %v", *subID)
+		}
+		gridLogIf(ctx, c.queueMsg(m, muxConnectError{Error: msg}))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/grid/debug.go b/internal/grid/debug.go
index c6c334198..a6b3e2606 100644
--- a/internal/grid/debug.go
+++ b/internal/grid/debug.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/mux"
 )
 
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ func SetupTestGrid(n int) (*TestGrid, error) {
 			AuthFn:       dummyNewToken,
 			AuthToken:    dummyTokenValidate,
 			BlockConnect: ready,
+			RoutePath:    RoutePath,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func SetupTestGrid(n int) (*TestGrid, error) {
 		res.Listeners = append(res.Listeners, listeners[i])
 		res.Mux = append(res.Mux, m)
 	}
-	xioutil.SafeClose(ready)
+	close(ready)
 	for _, m := range res.Managers {
 		for _, remote := range m.Targets() {
 			if err := m.Connection(remote).WaitForConnect(ctx); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/grid/grid.go b/internal/grid/grid.go
index 51bc57afd..0b192318e 100644
--- a/internal/grid/grid.go
+++ b/internal/grid/grid.go
@@ -202,13 +202,12 @@ func bytesOrLength(b []byte) string {
 // The net.Conn must support all features as described by the net.Conn interface.
 type ConnDialer func(ctx context.Context, address string) (net.Conn, error)
 
-// ConnectWS returns a function that dials a websocket connection to the given address.
-// Route and auth are added to the connection.
-func ConnectWS(dial ContextDialer, auth AuthFn, tls *tls.Config) func(ctx context.Context, remote string) (net.Conn, error) {
+// ConnectWSWithRoutePath is like ConnectWS but with a custom grid route path.
+func ConnectWSWithRoutePath(dial ContextDialer, auth AuthFn, tls *tls.Config, routePath string) func(ctx context.Context, remote string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, remote string) (net.Conn, error) {
 		toDial := strings.Replace(remote, "http://", "ws://", 1)
 		toDial = strings.Replace(toDial, "https://", "wss://", 1)
-		toDial += RoutePath
+		toDial += routePath
 
 		dialer := ws.DefaultDialer
 		dialer.ReadBufferSize = readBufferSize
@@ -234,5 +233,11 @@ func ConnectWS(dial ContextDialer, auth AuthFn, tls *tls.Config) func(ctx contex
 	}
 }
 
+// ConnectWS returns a function that dials a websocket connection to the given address.
+// Route and auth are added to the connection.
+func ConnectWS(dial ContextDialer, auth AuthFn, tls *tls.Config) func(ctx context.Context, remote string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	return ConnectWSWithRoutePath(dial, auth, tls, RoutePath)
+}
+
 // ValidateTokenFn must validate the token and return an error if it is invalid.
 type ValidateTokenFn func(token string) error
diff --git a/internal/grid/grid_test.go b/internal/grid/grid_test.go
index 35850c039..2a495767a 100644
--- a/internal/grid/grid_test.go
+++ b/internal/grid/grid_test.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func TestSingleRoundtripNotReady(t *testing.T) {
 		const testPayload = "Hello Grid World!"
 		// Single requests should have remote errors.
 		_, err := remoteConn.Request(context.Background(), handlerTest, []byte(testPayload))
-		if v, ok := err.(*RemoteErr); !ok || v.Error() != "Invalid Handler for type" {
+		if _, ok := err.(*RemoteErr); !ok {
 			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v, %T", err, err)
 		}
 		// Streams should not be able to set up until registered.
diff --git a/internal/grid/manager.go b/internal/grid/manager.go
index 89ae20090..16dcf272a 100644
--- a/internal/grid/manager.go
+++ b/internal/grid/manager.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ const (
 
 	// RoutePath is the remote path to connect to.
 	RoutePath = "/minio/grid/" + apiVersion
+
+	// RouteLockPath is the remote lock path to connect to.
+	RouteLockPath = "/minio/grid/lock/" + apiVersion
 )
 
 // Manager will contain all the connections to the grid.
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ type Manager struct {
 
 	// authToken is a function that will validate a token.
 	authToken ValidateTokenFn
+
+	// routePath indicates the dial route path
+	routePath string
 }
 
 // ManagerOptions are options for creating a new grid manager.
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ type ManagerOptions struct {
 	Incoming     func(n int64) // Record incoming bytes.
 	Outgoing     func(n int64) // Record outgoing bytes.
 	BlockConnect chan struct{} // If set, incoming and outgoing connections will be blocked until closed.
+	RoutePath    string
 	TraceTo      *pubsub.PubSub[madmin.TraceInfo, madmin.TraceType]
 	Dialer       ConnDialer
 	// Sign a token for the given audience.
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ func NewManager(ctx context.Context, o ManagerOptions) (*Manager, error) {
 		targets:   make(map[string]*Connection, len(o.Hosts)),
 		local:     o.Local,
 		authToken: o.AuthToken,
+		routePath: o.RoutePath,
 	}
 	m.handlers.init()
 	if ctx == nil {
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@ func NewManager(ctx context.Context, o ManagerOptions) (*Manager, error) {
 
 // AddToMux will add the grid manager to the given mux.
 func (m *Manager) AddToMux(router *mux.Router, authReq func(r *http.Request) error) {
-	router.Handle(RoutePath, m.Handler(authReq))
+	router.Handle(m.routePath, m.Handler(authReq))
 }
 
 // Handler returns a handler that can be used to serve grid requests.