diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-healing.yml b/.github/workflows/go-healing.yml
index 7453e98b2..9dbfaaa3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-healing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-healing.yml
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ jobs:
           sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
           make verify-healing
           make verify-healing-inconsistent-versions
+          make verify-healing-with-root-disks
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d906b667..e9864791b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ verify-healing: ## verify healing and replacing disks with minio binary
 	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/verify-healing.sh)
 	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/unaligned-healing.sh)
 
+verify-healing-with-root-disks:
+	@echo "Verify healing with root disks"
+	@GORACE=history_size=7 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -race -tags kqueue -trimpath --ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(PWD)/minio 1>/dev/null
+	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/verify-healing-with-root-disks.sh)
+
 verify-healing-inconsistent-versions: ## verify resolving inconsistent versions
 	@echo "Verify resolving inconsistent versions build with race"
 	@GORACE=history_size=7 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -race -tags kqueue -trimpath --ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(PWD)/minio 1>/dev/null
diff --git a/buildscripts/verify-healing-with-root-disks.sh b/buildscripts/verify-healing-with-root-disks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..831943b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscripts/verify-healing-with-root-disks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+set -E
+set -o pipefail
+set -x
+
+
+if [ ! -x "$PWD/minio" ]; then
+    echo "minio executable binary not found in current directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+WORK_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+MINIO_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.minio"
+MINIO=( "$PWD/minio" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server )
+
+
+function start_minio() {
+    start_port=$1
+
+    export MINIO_ROOT_USER=minio
+    export MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minio123
+    unset MINIO_KMS_AUTO_ENCRYPTION # do not auto-encrypt objects
+    unset MINIO_CI_CD
+    unset CI
+
+    args=()
+    for i in $(seq 1 4); do
+            args+=("http://localhost:$[${start_port}+$i]${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk$i/ ")
+    done
+
+    for i in $(seq 1 4); do
+            "${MINIO[@]}" --address ":$[$start_port+$i]" ${args[@]} 2>&1 >"${WORK_DIR}/server$i.log" &
+    done
+
+    # Wait until all nodes return 403
+    for i in $(seq 1 4); do
+	    while [ "$(curl -m 1 -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://localhost:$[$start_port+$i])" -ne "403" ]; do
+		    echo -n ".";
+                    sleep 1;
+            done
+    done
+
+ }
+
+# Prepare fake disks with losetup
+function prepare_block_devices() {
+        mkdir -p ${WORK_DIR}/disks/ ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/
+        for i in 1 2 3 4; do
+                dd if=/dev/zero of=${WORK_DIR}/disks/img.$i bs=1M count=2048
+                mkfs.ext4 -F ${WORK_DIR}/disks/img.$i
+                sudo mknod /dev/minio-loopdisk$i b 7 $[256-$i]
+                sudo losetup /dev/minio-loopdisk$i ${WORK_DIR}/disks/img.$i
+                mkdir -p ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk$i/
+                sudo mount /dev/minio-loopdisk$i ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk$i/
+                sudo chown "$(id -u):$(id -g)" /dev/minio-loopdisk$i ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk$i/
+        done
+}
+
+# Start a distributed MinIO setup, unmount one disk and check if it is formatted
+function main() {
+    start_port=$(shuf -i 10000-65000 -n 1)
+    start_minio ${start_port}
+
+    # Unmount the disk, after the unmount the device id
+    # /tmp/xxx/mnt/disk4 will be the same as '/' and it
+    # will be detected as root disk
+    while [ "$u" != "0" ]; do
+	    sudo umount ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk4/
+	    u=$?
+	    sleep 1
+    done
+
+    # Wait until MinIO self heal kicks in
+    sleep 60
+
+    if [ -f ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk4/.minio.sys/format.json ]; then
+	    echo "A root disk is formatted unexpectedely"
+            cat "${WORK_DIR}/server4.log"
+            exit -1
+    fi
+}
+
+function cleanup() {
+    pkill minio
+    sudo umount ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk{1..3}/
+    sudo rm /dev/minio-loopdisk*
+    rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+
+( prepare_block_devices )
+( main "$@" )
+rv=$?
+
+cleanup
+exit "$rv"
+