diff --git a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
index b18d1bf1b..84e1c715e 100644
--- a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ const (
 
 // healingTracker is used to persist healing information during a heal.
 type healingTracker struct {
-	disk StorageAPI `msg:"-"`
+	disk StorageAPI    `msg:"-"`
+	mu   *sync.RWMutex `msg:"-"`
 
 	ID         string
 	PoolIndex  int
@@ -112,22 +114,76 @@ func loadHealingTracker(ctx context.Context, disk StorageAPI) (*healingTracker,
 	}
 	h.disk = disk
 	h.ID = diskID
+	h.mu = &sync.RWMutex{}
 	return &h, nil
 }
 
 // newHealingTracker will create a new healing tracker for the disk.
-func newHealingTracker(disk StorageAPI, healID string) *healingTracker {
-	diskID, _ := disk.GetDiskID()
-	h := healingTracker{
-		disk:     disk,
-		ID:       diskID,
-		HealID:   healID,
-		Path:     disk.String(),
-		Endpoint: disk.Endpoint().String(),
-		Started:  time.Now().UTC(),
+func newHealingTracker() *healingTracker {
+	return &healingTracker{
+		mu: &sync.RWMutex{},
 	}
+}
+
+func initHealingTracker(disk StorageAPI, healID string) *healingTracker {
+	h := newHealingTracker()
+	diskID, _ := disk.GetDiskID()
+	h.disk = disk
+	h.ID = diskID
+	h.HealID = healID
+	h.Path = disk.String()
+	h.Endpoint = disk.Endpoint().String()
+	h.Started = time.Now().UTC()
 	h.PoolIndex, h.SetIndex, h.DiskIndex = disk.GetDiskLoc()
-	return &h
+	return h
+}
+
+func (h healingTracker) getLastUpdate() time.Time {
+	h.mu.RLock()
+	defer h.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	return h.LastUpdate
+}
+
+func (h healingTracker) getBucket() string {
+	h.mu.RLock()
+	defer h.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	return h.Bucket
+}
+
+func (h *healingTracker) setBucket(bucket string) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	h.Bucket = bucket
+}
+
+func (h healingTracker) getObject() string {
+	h.mu.RLock()
+	defer h.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	return h.Object
+}
+
+func (h *healingTracker) setObject(object string) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	h.Object = object
+}
+
+func (h *healingTracker) updateProgress(success bool, bytes uint64) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if success {
+		h.ItemsHealed++
+		h.BytesDone += bytes
+	} else {
+		h.ItemsFailed++
+		h.BytesFailed += bytes
+	}
 }
 
 // update will update the tracker on the disk.
@@ -136,15 +192,18 @@ func (h *healingTracker) update(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if h.disk.Healing() == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("healingTracker: drive %q is not marked as healing", h.ID)
 	}
+	h.mu.Lock()
 	if h.ID == "" || h.PoolIndex < 0 || h.SetIndex < 0 || h.DiskIndex < 0 {
 		h.ID, _ = h.disk.GetDiskID()
 		h.PoolIndex, h.SetIndex, h.DiskIndex = h.disk.GetDiskLoc()
 	}
+	h.mu.Unlock()
 	return h.save(ctx)
 }
 
 // save will unconditionally save the tracker and will be created if not existing.
 func (h *healingTracker) save(ctx context.Context) error {
+	h.mu.Lock()
 	if h.PoolIndex < 0 || h.SetIndex < 0 || h.DiskIndex < 0 {
 		// Attempt to get location.
 		if api := newObjectLayerFn(); api != nil {
@@ -155,6 +214,7 @@ func (h *healingTracker) save(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	h.LastUpdate = time.Now().UTC()
 	htrackerBytes, err := h.MarshalMsg(nil)
+	h.mu.Unlock()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -176,6 +236,8 @@ func (h *healingTracker) delete(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (h *healingTracker) isHealed(bucket string) bool {
+	h.mu.RLock()
+	defer h.mu.RUnlock()
 	for _, v := range h.HealedBuckets {
 		if v == bucket {
 			return true
@@ -186,6 +248,9 @@ func (h *healingTracker) isHealed(bucket string) bool {
 
 // resume will reset progress to the numbers at the start of the bucket.
 func (h *healingTracker) resume() {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
 	h.ItemsHealed = h.ResumeItemsHealed
 	h.ItemsFailed = h.ResumeItemsFailed
 	h.BytesDone = h.ResumeBytesDone
@@ -195,6 +260,9 @@ func (h *healingTracker) resume() {
 // bucketDone should be called when a bucket is done healing.
 // Adds the bucket to the list of healed buckets and updates resume numbers.
 func (h *healingTracker) bucketDone(bucket string) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
 	h.ResumeItemsHealed = h.ItemsHealed
 	h.ResumeItemsFailed = h.ItemsFailed
 	h.ResumeBytesDone = h.BytesDone
@@ -211,6 +279,9 @@ func (h *healingTracker) bucketDone(bucket string) {
 // setQueuedBuckets will add buckets, but exclude any that is already in h.HealedBuckets.
 // Order is preserved.
 func (h *healingTracker) setQueuedBuckets(buckets []BucketInfo) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
 	s := set.CreateStringSet(h.HealedBuckets...)
 	h.QueuedBuckets = make([]string, 0, len(buckets))
 	for _, b := range buckets {
@@ -221,6 +292,9 @@ func (h *healingTracker) setQueuedBuckets(buckets []BucketInfo) {
 }
 
 func (h *healingTracker) printTo(writer io.Writer) {
+	h.mu.RLock()
+	defer h.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(h, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		writer.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
@@ -230,6 +304,9 @@ func (h *healingTracker) printTo(writer io.Writer) {
 
 // toHealingDisk converts the information to madmin.HealingDisk
 func (h *healingTracker) toHealingDisk() madmin.HealingDisk {
+	h.mu.RLock()
+	defer h.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	return madmin.HealingDisk{
 		ID:                h.ID,
 		HealID:            h.HealID,
@@ -336,7 +413,7 @@ func healFreshDisk(ctx context.Context, z *erasureServerPools, endpoint Endpoint
 			return nil
 		}
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unable to load healing tracker on '%s': %w, re-initializing..", disk, err))
-		tracker = newHealingTracker(disk, mustGetUUID())
+		tracker = initHealingTracker(disk, mustGetUUID())
 	}
 
 	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Healing drive '%s' - 'mc admin heal alias/ --verbose' to check the current status.", endpoint))
diff --git a/cmd/format-erasure.go b/cmd/format-erasure.go
index d535039b8..0702d244c 100644
--- a/cmd/format-erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/format-erasure.go
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func saveFormatErasure(disk StorageAPI, format *formatErasureV3, healID string)
 	disk.SetDiskID(diskID)
 	if healID != "" {
 		ctx := context.Background()
-		ht := newHealingTracker(disk, healID)
+		ht := initHealingTracker(disk, healID)
 		return ht.save(ctx)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/global-heal.go b/cmd/global-heal.go
index 320032c3d..d92e2ab57 100644
--- a/cmd/global-heal.go
+++ b/cmd/global-heal.go
@@ -187,16 +187,16 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 		}
 		var forwardTo string
 		// If we resume to the same bucket, forward to last known item.
-		if tracker.Bucket != "" {
-			if tracker.Bucket == bucket {
-				forwardTo = tracker.Object
+		if b := tracker.getBucket(); b != "" {
+			if b == bucket {
+				forwardTo = tracker.getObject()
 			} else {
 				// Reset to where last bucket ended if resuming.
 				tracker.resume()
 			}
 		}
-		tracker.Object = ""
-		tracker.Bucket = bucket
+		tracker.setObject("")
+		tracker.setBucket(bucket)
 		// Heal current bucket again in case if it is failed
 		// in the  being of erasure set healing
 		if _, err := er.HealBucket(ctx, bucket, madmin.HealOpts{
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 
 		if serverDebugLog {
 			console.Debugf(color.Green("healDrive:")+" healing bucket %s content on %s erasure set\n",
-				bucket, humanize.Ordinal(tracker.SetIndex+1))
+				bucket, humanize.Ordinal(er.setIndex+1))
 		}
 
 		disks, _ := er.getOnlineDisksWithHealing()
@@ -251,20 +251,14 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 		go func() {
 			for res := range results {
 				if res.entryDone {
-					tracker.Object = res.name
-					if time.Since(tracker.LastUpdate) > time.Minute {
+					tracker.setObject(res.name)
+					if time.Since(tracker.getLastUpdate()) > time.Minute {
 						logger.LogIf(ctx, tracker.update(ctx))
 					}
 					continue
 				}
 
-				if res.success {
-					tracker.ItemsHealed++
-					tracker.BytesDone += res.bytes
-				} else {
-					tracker.ItemsFailed++
-					tracker.BytesFailed += res.bytes
-				}
+				tracker.updateProgress(res.success, res.bytes)
 			}
 		}()
 
@@ -420,8 +414,9 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 			logger.LogIf(ctx, tracker.update(ctx))
 		}
 	}
-	tracker.Object = ""
-	tracker.Bucket = ""
+
+	tracker.setObject("")
+	tracker.setBucket("")
 
 	return retErr
 }
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index 85b01152d..8e635a3fd 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ func (s *xlStorage) Healing() *healingTracker {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	var h healingTracker
+	h := newHealingTracker()
 	_, err = h.UnmarshalMsg(b)
 	logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, err)
-	return &h
+	return h
 }
 
 // checkODirectDiskSupport asks the disk to write some data