diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing.go b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
index 4f4af8148..314dd684e 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
@@ -808,52 +808,20 @@ func (er erasureObjects) purgeObjectDangling(ctx context.Context, bucket, object
 ) {
 	storageDisks := er.getDisks()
 	storageEndpoints := er.getEndpoints()
-	// Check if the object is dangling, if yes and user requested
-	// remove we simply delete it from namespace.
-	m, ok := isObjectDangling(metaArr, errs, dataErrs)
-	if ok {
-		parityBlocks := er.defaultParityCount
-		dataBlocks := len(storageDisks) - parityBlocks
-		if m.IsValid() {
-			parityBlocks = m.Erasure.ParityBlocks
-			dataBlocks = m.Erasure.DataBlocks
-		}
 
-		writeQuorum := dataBlocks
-		if dataBlocks == parityBlocks {
-			writeQuorum++
-		}
-
-		var err error
-		if opts.Remove {
-			err = er.deleteObjectVersion(ctx, bucket, object, writeQuorum, FileInfo{
-				VersionID: versionID,
-			}, false)
-
-			// If Delete was successful, make sure to return the appropriate error
-			// and heal result appropriate with delete's error messages
-			errs = make([]error, len(errs))
-			for i := range errs {
-				errs[i] = err
-			}
-			if err == nil {
-				// Dangling object successfully purged, size is '0'
-				m.Size = 0
-			}
-
-			return er.defaultHealResult(FileInfo{}, storageDisks, storageEndpoints,
-				errs, bucket, object, versionID), nil
-		}
-
-		return er.defaultHealResult(m, storageDisks, storageEndpoints,
-			errs, bucket, object, versionID), toObjectErr(err, bucket, object, versionID)
+	m, err := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, dataErrs, ObjectOptions{
+		VersionID: versionID,
+	})
+	errs = make([]error, len(errs))
+	for i := range errs {
+		errs[i] = err
 	}
-
-	readQuorum := len(storageDisks) - er.defaultParityCount
-
-	err := toObjectErr(reduceReadQuorumErrs(ctx, errs, objectOpIgnoredErrs, readQuorum),
-		bucket, object, versionID)
-	return er.defaultHealResult(m, storageDisks, storageEndpoints, errs, bucket, object, versionID), err
+	if err == nil {
+		// Dangling object successfully purged, size is '0'
+		m.Size = 0
+	}
+	return er.defaultHealResult(m, storageDisks, storageEndpoints,
+		errs, bucket, object, versionID), nil
 }
 
 // Object is considered dangling/corrupted if any only
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go b/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
index 63894d2ea..453795015 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
@@ -1043,10 +1043,14 @@ func TestHealObjectErasure(t *testing.T) {
 	z.serverPools[0].erasureDisksMu.Unlock()
 
 	// Try healing now, expect to receive errDiskNotFound.
-	_, err = obj.HealObject(ctx, bucket, object, "", madmin.HealOpts{ScanMode: madmin.HealDeepScan})
-	// since majority of xl.meta's are not available, object quorum can't be read properly and error will be errErasureReadQuorum
-	if _, ok := err.(InsufficientReadQuorum); !ok {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %v but received %v", InsufficientReadQuorum{}, err)
+	_, err = obj.HealObject(ctx, bucket, object, "", madmin.HealOpts{
+		ScanMode: madmin.HealDeepScan,
+	})
+	// since majority of xl.meta's are not available, object quorum
+	// can't be read properly will be deleted automatically and
+	// err is nil
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 3379d4276..2de128654 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -397,6 +397,29 @@ func (er erasureObjects) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object strin
 	return er.getObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 }
 
+func (er erasureObjects) deleteIfDangling(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, metaArr []FileInfo, errs []error, dataErrs []error, opts ObjectOptions) (FileInfo, error) {
+	var err error
+	m, ok := isObjectDangling(metaArr, errs, dataErrs)
+	if ok {
+		err = errFileNotFound
+		if opts.VersionID != "" {
+			err = errFileVersionNotFound
+		}
+		defer NSUpdated(bucket, object)
+
+		if opts.VersionID != "" {
+			er.deleteObjectVersion(ctx, bucket, object, 1, FileInfo{
+				VersionID: opts.VersionID,
+			}, false)
+		} else {
+			er.deleteObjectVersion(ctx, bucket, object, 1, FileInfo{
+				VersionID: m.VersionID,
+			}, false)
+		}
+	}
+	return m, err
+}
+
 func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions, readData bool) (fi FileInfo, metaArr []FileInfo, onlineDisks []StorageAPI, err error) {
 	disks := er.getDisks()
 
@@ -405,27 +428,20 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 
 	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, metaArr, errs, er.defaultParityCount)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fi, nil, nil, err
+		if errors.Is(err, errErasureReadQuorum) && !strings.HasPrefix(bucket, minioMetaBucket) {
+			_, derr := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, nil, opts)
+			if derr != nil {
+				err = derr
+			}
+		}
+		return fi, nil, nil, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 
 	if reducedErr := reduceReadQuorumErrs(ctx, errs, objectOpIgnoredErrs, readQuorum); reducedErr != nil {
 		if errors.Is(reducedErr, errErasureReadQuorum) && !strings.HasPrefix(bucket, minioMetaBucket) {
-			// Skip buckets that live at `.minio.sys` bucket.
-			if _, ok := isObjectDangling(metaArr, errs, nil); ok {
-				reducedErr = errFileNotFound
-				if opts.VersionID != "" {
-					reducedErr = errFileVersionNotFound
-				}
-				// Remove the dangling object only when:
-				//  - This is a non versioned bucket
-				//  - This is a versioned bucket and the version ID is passed, the reason
-				//    is that we cannot fetch the ID of the latest version when we don't trust xl.meta
-				if !opts.Versioned || opts.VersionID != "" {
-					er.deleteObjectVersion(ctx, bucket, object, 1, FileInfo{
-						Name:      object,
-						VersionID: opts.VersionID,
-					}, false)
-				}
+			_, derr := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, nil, opts)
+			if derr != nil {
+				err = derr
 			}
 		}
 		return fi, nil, nil, toObjectErr(reducedErr, bucket, object)
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index b2cb19108..9bd0af472 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -335,7 +335,9 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx context.Context, buc
 			pinfo := poolObjInfo{
 				PoolIndex: i,
 			}
-			opts.VersionID = "" // no need to check for specific versionId
+			// do not remove this check as it can lead to inconsistencies
+			// for all callers of bucket replication.
+			opts.VersionID = ""
 			pinfo.ObjInfo, pinfo.Err = pool.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 			poolObjInfos[i] = pinfo
 		}(i, pool, poolOpts[i])
@@ -353,15 +355,15 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx context.Context, buc
 	})
 
 	for _, pinfo := range poolObjInfos {
-		if pinfo.Err != nil && !isErrObjectNotFound(pinfo.Err) {
-			return -1, pinfo.Err
-		}
-
 		// skip all objects from suspended pools for mutating calls.
 		if z.IsSuspended(pinfo.PoolIndex) && opts.Mutate {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if pinfo.Err != nil && !isErrObjectNotFound(pinfo.Err) {
+			return -1, pinfo.Err
+		}
+
 		if isErrObjectNotFound(pinfo.Err) {
 			// No object exists or its a delete marker,
 			// check objInfo to confirm.