diff --git a/cmd/warm-backend.go b/cmd/warm-backend.go
index dc1034e1f..64cec6976 100644
--- a/cmd/warm-backend.go
+++ b/cmd/warm-backend.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v2"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
 )
 
 // WarmBackendGetOpts is used to express byte ranges within an object. The zero
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ func checkWarmBackend(ctx context.Context, w WarmBackend) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, err = w.Get(ctx, probeObject, rv, WarmBackendGetOpts{})
+	r, err := w.Get(ctx, probeObject, rv, WarmBackendGetOpts{})
+	xhttp.DrainBody(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err.(type) {
 		case BackendDown:
@@ -78,7 +80,6 @@ func checkWarmBackend(ctx context.Context, w WarmBackend) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	if err = w.Remove(ctx, probeObject, rv); err != nil {
 		switch err.(type) {
 		case BackendDown: