diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
index 012c7332f..554cd9cdf 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
@@ -768,6 +768,10 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 							DeleteMarker:       true, // make sure we create a delete marker
 							SkipDecommissioned: true, // make sure we skip the decommissioned pool
 						})
+					if isErrObjectNotFound(err) || isErrVersionNotFound(err) {
+						// object/version already deleted by the application, nothing to do here we move on.
+						continue
+					}
 					var failure bool
 					if err != nil {
 						logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
@@ -783,7 +787,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 					continue
 				}
 
-				var failure bool
+				var failure, ignore bool
 				// gr.Close() is ensured by decommissionObject().
 				for try := 0; try < 3; try++ {
 					gr, err := set.GetObjectNInfo(ctx,
@@ -796,9 +800,10 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 							VersionID:    version.VersionID,
 							NoDecryption: true,
 						})
-					if isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+					if isErrObjectNotFound(err) || isErrVersionNotFound(err) {
 						// object deleted by the application, nothing to do here we move on.
-						return
+						ignore = true
+						break
 					}
 					if err != nil {
 						failure = true
@@ -816,6 +821,9 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 					failure = false
 					break
 				}
+				if ignore {
+					continue
+				}
 				z.poolMetaMutex.Lock()
 				z.poolMeta.CountItem(idx, version.Size, failure)
 				z.poolMetaMutex.Unlock()