diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-object.go b/cmd/xl-v1-object.go
index 14ec3b356..4cb313c34 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-object.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-object.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2016, 2017, 2018 MinIO, Inc.
+ * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2016-2020 MinIO, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -142,20 +142,19 @@ func (xl xlObjects) GetObjectNInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, r
 		return NewGetObjectReaderFromReader(bytes.NewBuffer(nil), objInfo, opts)
 	}
 
-	var objInfo ObjectInfo
-	objInfo, err = xl.getObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	meta, metaArr, onlineDisks, err := xl.getObjectXLMeta(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 
-	fn, off, length, nErr := NewGetObjectReader(rs, objInfo, opts)
+	fn, off, length, nErr := NewGetObjectReader(rs, meta.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object), opts)
 	if nErr != nil {
 		return nil, nErr
 	}
 
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 	go func() {
-		err := xl.getObject(ctx, bucket, object, off, length, pw, "", opts)
+		err := xl.getObjectWithXLMeta(ctx, bucket, object, off, length, pw, "", opts, meta, metaArr, onlineDisks)
 		pw.CloseWithError(err)
 	}()
 
@@ -173,12 +172,6 @@ func (xl xlObjects) GetObjectNInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, r
 // startOffset indicates the starting read location of the object.
 // length indicates the total length of the object.
 func (xl xlObjects) GetObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length int64, writer io.Writer, etag string, opts ObjectOptions) error {
-	return xl.getObject(ctx, bucket, object, startOffset, length, writer, etag, opts)
-}
-
-// getObject wrapper for xl GetObject
-func (xl xlObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length int64, writer io.Writer, etag string, opts ObjectOptions) error {
-
 	if err := checkGetObjArgs(ctx, bucket, object); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -202,28 +195,10 @@ func (xl xlObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startO
 		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 
-	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
-	metaArr, errs := readAllXLMetadata(ctx, xl.getDisks(), bucket, object)
-
-	// get Quorum for this object
-	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, xl, metaArr, errs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
-	}
-
-	if reducedErr := reduceReadQuorumErrs(ctx, errs, objectOpIgnoredErrs, readQuorum); reducedErr != nil {
-		return toObjectErr(reducedErr, bucket, object)
-	}
-
-	// List all online disks.
-	onlineDisks, modTime := listOnlineDisks(xl.getDisks(), metaArr, errs)
-
-	// Pick latest valid metadata.
-	xlMeta, err := pickValidXLMeta(ctx, metaArr, modTime, readQuorum)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	return xl.getObject(ctx, bucket, object, startOffset, length, writer, etag, opts)
+}
 
+func (xl xlObjects) getObjectWithXLMeta(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length int64, writer io.Writer, etag string, opts ObjectOptions, xlMeta xlMetaV1, metaArr []xlMetaV1, onlineDisks []StorageAPI) error {
 	// Reorder online disks based on erasure distribution order.
 	onlineDisks = shuffleDisks(onlineDisks, xlMeta.Erasure.Distribution)
 
@@ -330,6 +305,15 @@ func (xl xlObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startO
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getObject wrapper for xl GetObject
+func (xl xlObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length int64, writer io.Writer, etag string, opts ObjectOptions) error {
+	xlMeta, metaArr, onlineDisks, err := xl.getObjectXLMeta(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
+	}
+	return xl.getObjectWithXLMeta(ctx, bucket, object, startOffset, length, writer, etag, opts, xlMeta, metaArr, onlineDisks)
+}
+
 // getObjectInfoDir - This getObjectInfo is specific to object directory lookup.
 func (xl xlObjects) getObjectInfoDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string) (ObjectInfo, error) {
 	storageDisks := xl.getDisks()
@@ -383,8 +367,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, op
 	return info, nil
 }
 
-// getObjectInfo - wrapper for reading object metadata and constructs ObjectInfo.
-func (xl xlObjects) getObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opt ObjectOptions) (objInfo ObjectInfo, err error) {
+func (xl xlObjects) getObjectXLMeta(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opt ObjectOptions) (xlMeta xlMetaV1, metaArr []xlMetaV1, onlineDisks []StorageAPI, err error) {
 	disks := xl.getDisks()
 
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
@@ -392,21 +375,30 @@ func (xl xlObjects) getObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, op
 
 	readQuorum, _, err := objectQuorumFromMeta(ctx, xl, metaArr, errs)
 	if err != nil {
-		return objInfo, err
+		return xlMeta, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	// List all the file commit ids from parts metadata.
-	modTimes := listObjectModtimes(metaArr, errs)
-
-	// Reduce list of UUIDs to a single common value.
-	modTime, _ := commonTime(modTimes)
+	if reducedErr := reduceReadQuorumErrs(ctx, errs, objectOpIgnoredErrs, readQuorum); reducedErr != nil {
+		return xlMeta, nil, nil, toObjectErr(reducedErr, bucket, object)
+	}
+	// List all online disks.
+	onlineDisks, modTime := listOnlineDisks(disks, metaArr, errs)
 
 	// Pick latest valid metadata.
-	xlMeta, err := pickValidXLMeta(ctx, metaArr, modTime, readQuorum)
+	xlMeta, err = pickValidXLMeta(ctx, metaArr, modTime, readQuorum)
+	if err != nil {
+		return xlMeta, nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return xlMeta, metaArr, onlineDisks, nil
+}
+
+// getObjectInfo - wrapper for reading object metadata and constructs ObjectInfo.
+func (xl xlObjects) getObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opt ObjectOptions) (objInfo ObjectInfo, err error) {
+	xlMeta, _, _, err := xl.getObjectXLMeta(ctx, bucket, object, opt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return objInfo, err
 	}
-
 	return xlMeta.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object), nil
 }