diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index d7d930e00..70f09a6a8 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -420,6 +420,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) getObjectHandler(ctx context.Context, objectAPI Obj
 
 	gr, err := getObjectNInfo(ctx, bucket, object, rs, r.Header, readLock, opts)
 	if err != nil {
+		if isErrPreconditionFailed(err) {
+			writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
+			return
+		}
+
 		var (
 			reader *GetObjectReader
 			proxy  proxyResult