diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index 8407fd62e..5ed047de5 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -1671,35 +1671,10 @@ func (s *xlStorage) openFileDirect(path string, mode int) (f *os.File, err error
 }
 
 func (s *xlStorage) openFileSync(filePath string, mode int) (f *os.File, err error) {
-	// Create top level directories if they don't exist.
-	// with mode 0777 mkdir honors system umask.
-	if err = mkdirAll(pathutil.Dir(filePath), 0o777); err != nil {
-		return nil, osErrToFileErr(err)
-	}
-
-	w, err := OpenFile(filePath, mode|writeMode, 0o666)
-	if err != nil {
-		// File path cannot be verified since one of the parents is a file.
-		switch {
-		case isSysErrIsDir(err):
-			return nil, errIsNotRegular
-		case osIsPermission(err):
-			return nil, errFileAccessDenied
-		case isSysErrNotDir(err):
-			return nil, errFileAccessDenied
-		case isSysErrIO(err):
-			return nil, errFaultyDisk
-		case isSysErrTooManyFiles(err):
-			return nil, errTooManyOpenFiles
-		default:
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return w, nil
+	return s.openFile(filePath, mode|writeMode)
 }
 
-func (s *xlStorage) openFileNoSync(filePath string, mode int) (f *os.File, err error) {
+func (s *xlStorage) openFile(filePath string, mode int) (f *os.File, err error) {
 	// Create top level directories if they don't exist.
 	// with mode 0777 mkdir honors system umask.
 	if err = mkdirAll(pathutil.Dir(filePath), 0o777); err != nil {
@@ -1950,7 +1925,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) writeAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b
 		}
 		w, err = s.openFileSync(filePath, flags)
 	} else {
-		w, err = s.openFileNoSync(filePath, flags)
+		w, err = s.openFile(filePath, flags)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err