From 0f2b95b497db9ae0a8a60e8ff9466c2709c04313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Poorna <poornas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 14:32:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix a data race in IAM loading (#16742)

---
 cmd/iam-object-store.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/iam-object-store.go b/cmd/iam-object-store.go
index cbcdfefe4..e61450eb7 100644
--- a/cmd/iam-object-store.go
+++ b/cmd/iam-object-store.go
@@ -349,7 +349,9 @@ func (iamOS *IAMObjectStore) listAllIAMConfigItems(ctx context.Context) (map[str
 // Assumes cache is locked by caller.
 func (iamOS *IAMObjectStore) loadAllFromObjStore(ctx context.Context, cache *iamCache) error {
 	bootstrapTrace("loading all IAM items")
-
+	if iamOS.objAPI == nil {
+		return errServerNotInitialized
+	}
 	listedConfigItems, err := iamOS.listAllIAMConfigItems(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err