diff --git a/cmd/bucket-replication.go b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
index 3658cba38..a9c62ac72 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	minio "github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
@@ -770,81 +771,102 @@ type DeletedObjectVersionInfo struct {
 	DeletedObject
 	Bucket string
 }
-type replicationState struct {
-	// add future metrics here
-	replicaCh       chan ObjectInfo
-	replicaDeleteCh chan DeletedObjectVersionInfo
-}
-
-func (r *replicationState) queueReplicaTask(oi ObjectInfo) {
-	if r == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	select {
-	case r.replicaCh <- oi:
-	default:
-	}
-}
-
-func (r *replicationState) queueReplicaDeleteTask(doi DeletedObjectVersionInfo) {
-	if r == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	select {
-	case r.replicaDeleteCh <- doi:
-	default:
-	}
-}
 
 var (
-	globalReplicationState *replicationState
+	globalReplicationPool *ReplicationPool
 )
 
-func newReplicationState() *replicationState {
-	rs := &replicationState{
-		replicaCh:       make(chan ObjectInfo, 10000),
-		replicaDeleteCh: make(chan DeletedObjectVersionInfo, 10000),
-	}
-	go func() {
-		<-GlobalContext.Done()
-		close(rs.replicaCh)
-		close(rs.replicaDeleteCh)
-	}()
-	return rs
+// ReplicationPool describes replication pool
+type ReplicationPool struct {
+	mu              sync.Mutex
+	size            int
+	replicaCh       chan ObjectInfo
+	replicaDeleteCh chan DeletedObjectVersionInfo
+	killCh          chan struct{}
+	wg              sync.WaitGroup
+	ctx             context.Context
+	objLayer        ObjectLayer
 }
 
-// addWorker creates a new worker to process tasks
-func (r *replicationState) addWorker(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
-	// Add a new worker.
+// NewReplicationPool creates a pool of replication workers of specified size
+func NewReplicationPool(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, sz int) *ReplicationPool {
+	pool := &ReplicationPool{
+		replicaCh:       make(chan ObjectInfo, 10000),
+		replicaDeleteCh: make(chan DeletedObjectVersionInfo, 10000),
+		ctx:             ctx,
+		objLayer:        o,
+	}
 	go func() {
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return
-			case oi, ok := <-r.replicaCh:
-				if !ok {
-					return
-				}
-				replicateObject(ctx, oi, objectAPI)
-			case doi, ok := <-r.replicaDeleteCh:
-				if !ok {
-					return
-				}
-				replicateDelete(ctx, doi, objectAPI)
-			}
-		}
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		close(pool.replicaCh)
+		close(pool.replicaDeleteCh)
 	}()
+	pool.Resize(sz)
+	return pool
+}
+
+// AddWorker adds a replication worker to the pool
+func (p *ReplicationPool) AddWorker() {
+	defer p.wg.Done()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-p.ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case oi, ok := <-p.replicaCh:
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			replicateObject(p.ctx, oi, p.objLayer)
+		case doi, ok := <-p.replicaDeleteCh:
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			replicateDelete(p.ctx, doi, p.objLayer)
+		case <-p.killCh:
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+//Resize replication pool to new size
+func (p *ReplicationPool) Resize(n int) {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+
+	for p.size < n {
+		p.size++
+		p.wg.Add(1)
+		go p.AddWorker()
+	}
+	for p.size > n {
+		p.size--
+		go func() { p.killCh <- struct{}{} }()
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *ReplicationPool) queueReplicaTask(oi ObjectInfo) {
+	if p == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	select {
+	case p.replicaCh <- oi:
+	default:
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *ReplicationPool) queueReplicaDeleteTask(doi DeletedObjectVersionInfo) {
+	if p == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	select {
+	case p.replicaDeleteCh <- doi:
+	default:
+	}
 }
 
 func initBackgroundReplication(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
-	if globalReplicationState == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Start replication workers per count set in api config or MINIO_API_REPLICATION_WORKERS.
-	for i := 0; i < globalAPIConfig.getReplicationWorkers(); i++ {
-		globalReplicationState.addWorker(ctx, objectAPI)
-	}
+	globalReplicationPool = NewReplicationPool(ctx, objectAPI, globalAPIConfig.getReplicationWorkers())
 }
 
 // get Reader from replication target if active-active replication is in place and
@@ -984,7 +1006,7 @@ func scheduleReplication(ctx context.Context, objInfo ObjectInfo, o ObjectLayer,
 	if sync {
 		replicateObject(ctx, objInfo, o)
 	} else {
-		globalReplicationState.queueReplicaTask(objInfo)
+		globalReplicationPool.queueReplicaTask(objInfo)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -992,6 +1014,6 @@ func scheduleReplicationDelete(ctx context.Context, dv DeletedObjectVersionInfo,
 	if sync {
 		replicateDelete(ctx, dv, o)
 	} else {
-		globalReplicationState.queueReplicaDeleteTask(dv)
+		globalReplicationPool.queueReplicaDeleteTask(dv)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 2270c174d..79319ad8f 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func init() {
 		},
 	})
 
-	globalReplicationState = newReplicationState()
 	globalTransitionState = newTransitionState()
 
 	console.SetColor("Debug", color.New())
diff --git a/cmd/data-scanner.go b/cmd/data-scanner.go
index f387aa848..25b5c5cd0 100644
--- a/cmd/data-scanner.go
+++ b/cmd/data-scanner.go
@@ -1076,10 +1076,10 @@ func (i *scannerItem) healReplication(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, oi Obj
 	switch oi.ReplicationStatus {
 	case replication.Pending:
 		sizeS.pendingSize += oi.Size
-		globalReplicationState.queueReplicaTask(oi)
+		globalReplicationPool.queueReplicaTask(oi)
 	case replication.Failed:
 		sizeS.failedSize += oi.Size
-		globalReplicationState.queueReplicaTask(oi)
+		globalReplicationPool.queueReplicaTask(oi)
 	case replication.Completed, "COMPLETE":
 		sizeS.replicatedSize += oi.Size
 	case replication.Replica:
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ func (i *scannerItem) healReplicationDeletes(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer,
 		} else {
 			versionID = oi.VersionID
 		}
-		globalReplicationState.queueReplicaDeleteTask(DeletedObjectVersionInfo{
+		globalReplicationPool.queueReplicaDeleteTask(DeletedObjectVersionInfo{
 			DeletedObject: DeletedObject{
 				ObjectName:                    oi.Name,
 				DeleteMarkerVersionID:         dmVersionID,
diff --git a/cmd/handler-api.go b/cmd/handler-api.go
index f14db6220..ee7067d11 100644
--- a/cmd/handler-api.go
+++ b/cmd/handler-api.go
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ func (t *apiConfig) init(cfg api.Config, setDriveCounts []int) {
 	t.requestsDeadline = cfg.RequestsDeadline
 	t.listQuorum = cfg.GetListQuorum()
 	t.extendListLife = cfg.ExtendListLife
+	if globalReplicationPool != nil &&
+		cfg.ReplicationWorkers != t.replicationWorkers {
+		globalReplicationPool.Resize(cfg.ReplicationWorkers)
+	}
 	t.replicationWorkers = cfg.ReplicationWorkers
 }