diff --git a/cmd/format-disk-cache.go b/cmd/format-disk-cache.go
index 04ed8c8f5..6d202a0c3 100644
--- a/cmd/format-disk-cache.go
+++ b/cmd/format-disk-cache.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func formatCacheGetVersion(r io.ReadSeeker) (string, error) {
 // Creates a new cache format.json if unformatted.
 func createFormatCache(fsFormatPath string, format *formatCacheV1) error {
 	// open file using READ & WRITE permission
-	file, err := os.OpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0o600)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func loadFormatCache(ctx context.Context, drives []string) ([]*formatCacheV2, bo
 	migrating := false
 	for i, drive := range drives {
 		cacheFormatPath := pathJoin(drive, minioMetaBucket, formatConfigFile)
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(cacheFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0)
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(cacheFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0o666)
 		if err != nil {
 			if osIsNotExist(err) {
 				continue
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ func migrateOldCache(ctx context.Context, c *diskCache) error {
 
 func migrateCacheFormatJSON(cacheFormatPath string) error {
 	// now migrate format.json
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(cacheFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(cacheFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/format-fs.go b/cmd/format-fs.go
index 29fd029d7..5b08f401b 100644
--- a/cmd/format-fs.go
+++ b/cmd/format-fs.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func formatFSMigrate(ctx context.Context, wlk *lock.LockedFile, fsPath string) e
 func createFormatFS(fsFormatPath string) error {
 	// Attempt a write lock on formatConfigFile `format.json`
 	// file stored in minioMetaBucket(.minio.sys) directory.
-	lk, err := lock.TryLockedOpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0o600)
+	lk, err := lock.TryLockedOpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func initFormatFS(ctx context.Context, fsPath string) (rlk *lock.RLockedFile, er
 			// Hold write lock during migration so that we do not disturb any
 			// minio processes running in parallel.
 			var wlk *lock.LockedFile
-			wlk, err = lock.TryLockedOpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0)
+			wlk, err = lock.TryLockedOpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0o666)
 			if err == lock.ErrAlreadyLocked {
 				// Lock already present, sleep and attempt again.
 				time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func formatFSFixDeploymentID(ctx context.Context, fsFormatPath string) error {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return fmt.Errorf("Initializing FS format stopped gracefully")
 		default:
-			wlk, err = lock.TryLockedOpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0)
+			wlk, err = lock.TryLockedOpenFile(fsFormatPath, os.O_RDWR, 0o666)
 			if err == lock.ErrAlreadyLocked {
 				// Lock already present, sleep and attempt again
 				logger.Info("Another minio process(es) might be holding a lock to the file %s. Please kill that minio process(es) (elapsed %s)\n", fsFormatPath, getElapsedTime())
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go b/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
index ed1c022a3..0e836892e 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) ListObjectParts(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, upload
 		}
 	}
 
-	rc, _, err := fsOpenFile(ctx, pathJoin(uploadIDDir, fs.metaJSONFile), 0)
+	rc, _, err := fsOpenFile(ctx, pathJoin(uploadIDDir, fs.metaJSONFile), 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == errFileNotFound || err == errFileAccessDenied {
 			return result, InvalidUploadID{Bucket: bucket, Object: object, UploadID: uploadID}
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index 8aa5d29a9..a658b7310 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) getObjectInfoNoFSLock(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 	// Read `fs.json` to perhaps contend with
 	// parallel Put() operations.
 
-	rc, _, err := fsOpenFile(ctx, fsMetaPath, 0)
+	rc, _, err := fsOpenFile(ctx, fsMetaPath, 0o666)
 	if err == nil {
 		fsMetaBuf, rerr := ioutil.ReadAll(rc)
 		rc.Close()
diff --git a/cmd/os_unix.go b/cmd/os_unix.go
index b9e18e620..79f98479f 100644
--- a/cmd/os_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/os_unix.go
@@ -152,12 +152,24 @@ func parseDirEnt(buf []byte) (consumed int, name []byte, typ os.FileMode, err er
 // the directory itself, if the dirPath doesn't exist this function doesn't return
 // an error.
 func readDirFn(dirPath string, fn func(name string, typ os.FileMode) error) error {
-	f, err := Open(dirPath)
+	f, err := OpenFile(dirPath, readMode, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
 		if osErrToFileErr(err) == errFileNotFound {
 			return nil
 		}
-		return osErrToFileErr(err)
+		if !osIsPermission(err) {
+			return osErrToFileErr(err)
+		}
+		// There may be permission error when dirPath
+		// is at the root of the disk mount that may
+		// not have the permissions to avoid 'noatime'
+		f, err = Open(dirPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			if osErrToFileErr(err) == errFileNotFound {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return osErrToFileErr(err)
+		}
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
@@ -234,12 +246,14 @@ func readDirFn(dirPath string, fn func(name string, typ os.FileMode) error) erro
 func readDirWithOpts(dirPath string, opts readDirOpts) (entries []string, err error) {
 	f, err := OpenFile(dirPath, readMode, 0o666)
 	if err != nil {
-		if osIsPermission(err) {
-			f, err = Open(dirPath)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, osErrToFileErr(err)
-			}
-		} else {
+		if !osIsPermission(err) {
+			return nil, osErrToFileErr(err)
+		}
+		// There may be permission error when dirPath
+		// is at the root of the disk mount that may
+		// not have the permissions to avoid 'noatime'
+		f, err = Open(dirPath)
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, osErrToFileErr(err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index f848b85ea..f22ccdb20 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -751,18 +751,24 @@ func (s *xlStorage) MakeVol(ctx context.Context, volume string) error {
 }
 
 // ListVols - list volumes.
-func (s *xlStorage) ListVols(context.Context) (volsInfo []VolInfo, err error) {
-	return listVols(s.diskPath)
+func (s *xlStorage) ListVols(ctx context.Context) (volsInfo []VolInfo, err error) {
+	return listVols(ctx, s.diskPath)
 }
 
 // List all the volumes from diskPath.
-func listVols(dirPath string) ([]VolInfo, error) {
+func listVols(ctx context.Context, dirPath string) ([]VolInfo, error) {
 	if err := checkPathLength(dirPath); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	entries, err := readDir(dirPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errDiskNotFound
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		if errors.Is(err, errFileAccessDenied) {
+			return nil, errDiskAccessDenied
+		} else if errors.Is(err, errFileNotFound) {
+			return nil, errDiskNotFound
+		}
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	volsInfo := make([]VolInfo, 0, len(entries))
 	for _, entry := range entries {