diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index f95ed3398..c8653c767 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 		return fi, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
+	// if one of the disk is offline, return right here no need
+	// to attempt a heal on the object.
+	if countErrs(errs, errDiskNotFound) > 0 {
+		return fi, metaArr, onlineDisks, nil
+	}
+
 	var missingBlocks int
 	for i, err := range errs {
 		if err != nil && errors.Is(err, errFileNotFound) {
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index e6ff6d641..9700c6e70 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) SetDiskID(id string) {
 
 // DiskInfo - fetch disk information for a remote disk.
 func (client *storageRESTClient) DiskInfo(ctx context.Context) (info DiskInfo, err error) {
+	if !client.IsOnline() {
+		// make sure to check if the disk is offline, since the underlying
+		// value is cached we should attempt to invalidate it if such calls
+		// were attempted. This can lead to false success under certain conditions
+		// - this change attempts to avoid stale information if the underlying
+		// transport is already down.
+		return info, errDiskNotFound
+	}
 	client.diskInfoCache.Once.Do(func() {
 		client.diskInfoCache.TTL = time.Second
 		client.diskInfoCache.Update = func() (interface{}, error) {