diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index 6e41b3640..e425ef492 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const (
 
 	healSetsUUID      = "healSetsUUID"
 	healSetsList      = "healSetsList"
+	healSetsPrefix    = "healSetsPrefix"
 	healSleepDuration = "healSleepDuration"
 	healSleepMaxIO    = "healSleepMaxIO"
 )
@@ -779,9 +780,8 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) HealSetsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			wg.Add(1)
 			go func(setNumber int) {
 				defer wg.Done()
-				lbDisks := z.serverSets[0].sets[setNumber].getOnlineDisks()
-				setDriveCount := z.SetDriveCount()
-				if err := healErasureSet(ctx, setNumber, setDriveCount, opts.sleepForIO, opts.sleepDuration, buckets, lbDisks); err != nil {
+				lbDisks := z.serverSets[0].sets[setNumber].getDisks()
+				if err := healErasureSet(ctx, vars[healSetsPrefix], setNumber, opts.sleepForIO, opts.sleepDuration, buckets, lbDisks); err != nil {
 					logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 				}
 			}(setNumber)
@@ -791,7 +791,11 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) HealSetsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		opts.cancel()
 		delete(a.healSetsMap, opts.taskUUID)
 		a.mu.Unlock()
-		logger.Info("Healing finished for %v", vars[healSetsList])
+		if vars[healSetsPrefix] != "" {
+			logger.Info("Healing finished for %v at %s", vars[healSetsList], vars[healSetsPrefix])
+		} else {
+			logger.Info("Healing finished for %v", vars[healSetsList])
+		}
 	}()
 
 	a.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/cmd/admin-router.go b/cmd/admin-router.go
index 34ec44cda..54e062462 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-router.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-router.go
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ func registerAdminRouter(router *mux.Router, enableConfigOps, enableIAMOps bool)
 				Queries(healSetsUUID, "{healSetsUUID:.*}")
 			adminRouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(adminVersion+"/heal-sets").
 				HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(adminAPI.HealSetsHandler)).
-				Queries(healSetsList, "{healSetsList:.*}", healSleepMaxIO, "{healSleepMaxIO:.*}", healSleepDuration, "{healSleepDuration:.*}")
+				Queries(healSetsList, "{healSetsList:.*}",
+					healSetsPrefix, "{healSetsPrefix:.*}",
+					healSleepMaxIO, "{healSleepMaxIO:.*}",
+					healSleepDuration, "{healSleepDuration:.*}")
 			adminRouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(adminVersion + "/background-heal/status").HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(adminAPI.BackgroundHealStatusHandler))
 
 			/// Health operations
diff --git a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
index 017e819b0..623b1534e 100644
--- a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ func monitorLocalDisksAndHeal(ctx context.Context, z *erasureServerSets, bgSeq *
 						logger.Info("Healing disk '%s' on %s zone", disk, humanize.Ordinal(i+1))
 
 						lbDisks := z.serverSets[i].sets[setIndex].getOnlineDisks()
-						setDriveCount := z.SetDriveCount()
-						if err := healErasureSet(ctx, setIndex, setDriveCount, 10, time.Second, buckets, lbDisks); err != nil {
+						if err := healErasureSet(ctx, "", setIndex, 100, time.Second, buckets, lbDisks); err != nil {
 							logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 							continue
 						}
diff --git a/cmd/global-heal.go b/cmd/global-heal.go
index 380d605cf..790140691 100644
--- a/cmd/global-heal.go
+++ b/cmd/global-heal.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func getLocalBackgroundHealStatus() (madmin.BgHealState, bool) {
 }
 
 // healErasureSet lists and heals all objects in a specific erasure set
-func healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, setIndex int, setDriveCount int, maxIO int, maxSleep time.Duration, buckets []BucketInfo, disks []StorageAPI) error {
+func healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, prefix string, setIndex int, maxIO int, maxSleep time.Duration, buckets []BucketInfo, disks []StorageAPI) error {
 	// Get background heal sequence to send elements to heal
 	var bgSeq *healSequence
 	var ok bool
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ func healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, setIndex int, setDriveCount int, maxIO
 		}
 	}
 
+	obj := newObjectLayerFn()
+	if obj == nil {
+		return errServerNotInitialized
+	}
+
+	setDriveCount := obj.SetDriveCount()
+
 	// Try to pro-actively heal backend-encrypted file.
 	bgSeq.sourceCh <- healSource{
 		bucket: minioMetaBucket,
@@ -146,7 +153,11 @@ func healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, setIndex int, setDriveCount int, maxIO
 				wwg.Add(1)
 				go func(disk StorageAPI) {
 					defer wwg.Done()
-					entryCh, err := disk.WalkVersions(ctx, bucket.Name, "", "", true, ctx.Done())
+					if disk == nil {
+						// disk is nil and not available.
+						return
+					}
+					entryCh, err := disk.WalkVersions(ctx, bucket.Name, prefix, "", true, ctx.Done())
 					if err != nil {
 						// Disk walk returned error, ignore it.
 						return
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go b/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go
index 63877ec6b..f2c52f13b 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ func (hri *HealResultItem) GetOnlineCounts() (b, a int) {
 type HealSetsOpts struct {
 	TaskID     string
 	Sets       string // comma separated list of set numbers
+	Prefix     string // folder at which healing should trigger
 	SleepMaxIO string // maximum IO tolerance after which healing would sleep
 	// maximum sleep duration between objects to slow down heal operation
 	// only applied in conjunction with maxIO.
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ func (adm *AdminClient) CancelHealSets(ctx context.Context, opts HealSetsOpts) e
 func (adm *AdminClient) HealSets(ctx context.Context, opts HealSetsOpts) (string, error) {
 	queryVals := make(url.Values)
 	queryVals.Set("healSetsList", opts.Sets)
+	queryVals.Set("healSetsPrefix", opts.Prefix)
 	queryVals.Set("healSleepMaxIO", opts.SleepMaxIO)
 	queryVals.Set("healSleepDuration", opts.SleepMax)