diff --git a/cmd/lock-instrument.go b/cmd/lock-instrument.go
index bb560a12d..e21563b86 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-instrument.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-instrument.go
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ func (n *nsLockMap) statusBlockedToNone(param nsParam, lockSource, opsID string,
 	if lockInfo.status != blockedStatus {
 		return errors.Trace(LockInfoStateNotBlocked{param.volume, param.path, opsID})
 	}
-	// Clear the status by removing the entry for the given `opsID`.
-	delete(n.debugLockMap[param].lockInfo, opsID)
 
 	// Update global lock stats.
 	n.counters.lockTimedOut()
diff --git a/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go b/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go
index 99892ed97..9401657d8 100644
--- a/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go
+++ b/cmd/lock-instrument_test.go
@@ -637,3 +637,33 @@ func TestNsLockMapDeleteLockInfoEntryForVolumePath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected the count of all locks to be %v, but got %v", 0, globalNSMutex.counters.total)
 	}
 }
+
+// Test to assert that status change from blocked to none shouldn't remove lock info entry for ops
+// Ref: Logs from https://github.com/minio/minio/issues/5311
+func TestStatusBlockedToNone(t *testing.T) {
+	// Initialize namespace lock subsystem
+	initNSLock(false)
+
+	ns := globalNSMutex
+
+	volume, path := "bucket", "object"
+	param := nsParam{volume: volume, path: path}
+	lockSrc := "main.go:1"
+	opsID := "1"
+
+	err := ns.statusNoneToBlocked(param, lockSrc, opsID, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to mark lock state to blocked")
+	}
+
+	err = ns.statusBlockedToNone(param, lockSrc, opsID, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to mark lock state to none")
+	}
+
+	err = ns.deleteLockInfoEntryForOps(param, opsID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected deleting of lock entry for %s to pass but got %v", opsID, err)
+	}
+
+}