diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index 33273a520..da91f140d 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -2077,9 +2077,14 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolAndSet(id string) (poolIdx, setIdx, diskIdx
 	return -1, -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("DriveID(%s) %w", id, errDiskNotFound)
 }
 
+const (
+	vmware = "VMWare"
+)
+
 // HealthOptions takes input options to return sepcific information
 type HealthOptions struct {
 	Maintenance bool
+	DeploymentType string
 }
 
 // HealthResult returns the current state of the system, also
@@ -2165,7 +2170,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) Health(ctx context.Context, opts HealthOptions) Hea
 	}
 
 	var aggHealStateResult madmin.BgHealState
-	if opts.Maintenance {
+	// Check if disks are healing on in-case of VMware vsphere deployments.
+	if opts.Maintenance && opts.DeploymentType == vmware {
 		// check if local disks are being healed, if they are being healed
 		// we need to tell healthy status as 'false' so that this server
 		// is not taken down for maintenance
diff --git a/cmd/healthcheck-handler.go b/cmd/healthcheck-handler.go
index c004e2054..ed37fcbf1 100644
--- a/cmd/healthcheck-handler.go
+++ b/cmd/healthcheck-handler.go
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ func ClusterCheckHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, globalAPIConfig.getClusterDeadline())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	opts := HealthOptions{Maintenance: r.Form.Get("maintenance") == "true"}
+	opts := HealthOptions{
+		Maintenance: r.Form.Get("maintenance") == "true",
+		DeploymentType: r.Form.Get("deployment-type"),
+	}
 	result := objLayer.Health(ctx, opts)
 	if result.WriteQuorum > 0 {
 		w.Header().Set(xhttp.MinIOWriteQuorum, strconv.Itoa(result.WriteQuorum))