diff --git a/cmd/api-errors.go b/cmd/api-errors.go
index ca8800e20..760dba2a7 100644
--- a/cmd/api-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/api-errors.go
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ const (
 	ErrObjectExistsAsDirectory
 	ErrPolicyNesting
 	ErrInvalidObjectName
+	ErrServerNotInitialized
 	// Add new extended error codes here.
 	// Please open a https://github.com/minio/minio/issues before adding
 	// new error codes here.
@@ -556,6 +557,11 @@ var errorCodeResponse = map[APIErrorCode]APIError{
 		Description:    "Object name contains unsupported characters. Unsupported characters are `^*|\\\"",
 		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	},
+	ErrServerNotInitialized: {
+		Code:           "XMinioServerNotInitialized",
+		Description:    "Server not initialized, please try again.",
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
+	},
 	// Add your error structure here.
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go
index f0b80f3ac..8e9dcd4ee 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectsV2Handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -97,11 +103,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectsV2Handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
 		return
 	}
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	// Inititate a list objects operation based on the input params.
 	// On success would return back ListObjectsInfo object to be
 	// marshalled into S3 compatible XML header.
@@ -129,6 +130,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectsV1Handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -156,11 +163,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectsV1Handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 		return
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	// Inititate a list objects operation based on the input params.
 	// On success would return back ListObjectsInfo object to be
 	// marshalled into S3 compatible XML header.
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
index 0125e5e08..d8bc8d7a2 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketLocationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -82,11 +88,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketLocationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 		}
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	if _, err := objectAPI.GetBucketInfo(bucket); err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to fetch bucket info.")
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, toAPIErrorCode(err), r.URL.Path)
@@ -118,6 +119,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -149,11 +156,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 		}
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	listMultipartsInfo, err := objectAPI.ListMultipartUploads(bucket, prefix, keyMarker, uploadIDMarker, delimiter, maxUploads)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to list multipart uploads.")
@@ -174,17 +176,19 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 // This implementation of the GET operation returns a list of all buckets
 // owned by the authenticated sender of the request.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListBucketsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// List buckets does not support bucket policies, no need to enforce it.
 	if s3Error := checkAuth(r); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
 		return
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
+	// Invoke the list buckets.
 	bucketsInfo, err := objectAPI.ListBuckets()
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to list buckets.")
@@ -206,6 +210,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -332,6 +342,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 // ----------
 // This implementation of the PUT operation creates a new bucket for authenticated request
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// PutBucket does not support policies, use checkAuth to validate signature.
 	if s3Error := checkAuth(r); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
@@ -348,11 +364,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		return
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	// Proceed to creating a bucket.
 	err := objectAPI.MakeBucket(bucket)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -370,6 +381,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 // This implementation of the POST operation handles object creation with a specified
 // signature policy in multipart/form-data
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Here the parameter is the size of the form data that should
 	// be loaded in memory, the remaining being put in temporary files.
 	reader, err := r.MultipartReader()
@@ -410,11 +427,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 	metadata := make(map[string]string)
 	// Nothing to store right now.
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	md5Sum, err := objectAPI.PutObject(bucket, object, -1, fileBody, metadata)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to create object.")
@@ -464,6 +476,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -482,11 +500,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		}
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	if _, err := objectAPI.GetBucketInfo(bucket); err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to fetch bucket info.")
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, toAPIErrorCode(err), r.URL.Path)
@@ -497,6 +510,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 
 // DeleteBucketHandler - Delete bucket
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// DeleteBucket does not support bucket policies, use checkAuth to validate signature.
 	if s3Error := checkAuth(r); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
@@ -506,11 +525,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	// Attempt to delete bucket.
 	if err := objectAPI.DeleteBucket(bucket); err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to delete a bucket.")
@@ -519,10 +533,10 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	}
 
 	// Delete bucket access policy, if present - ignore any errors.
-	removeBucketPolicy(bucket, api.ObjectAPI)
+	removeBucketPolicy(bucket, objectAPI)
 
 	// Delete notification config, if present - ignore any errors.
-	removeNotificationConfig(bucket, api.ObjectAPI)
+	removeNotificationConfig(bucket, objectAPI)
 
 	// Write success response.
 	writeSuccessNoContent(w)
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers.go
index 7d4c53da7..7dce07ba1 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-notification-handlers.go
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ const (
 // not enabled on the bucket, the operation returns an empty
 // NotificationConfiguration element.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Validate request authorization.
 	if s3Error := checkAuth(r); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
@@ -47,11 +53,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	// Attempt to successfully load notification config.
-	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	nConfig, err := loadNotificationConfig(bucket, objAPI)
 	if err != nil && err != errNoSuchNotifications {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to read notification configuration.")
@@ -83,6 +84,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 // By default, your bucket has no event notifications configured. That is,
 // the notification configuration will be an empty NotificationConfiguration.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Validate request authorization.
 	if s3Error := checkAuth(r); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
@@ -91,11 +98,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	_, err := objectAPI.GetBucketInfo(bucket)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to find bucket info.")
@@ -214,6 +216,13 @@ func sendBucketNotification(w http.ResponseWriter, arnListenerCh <-chan []Notifi
 
 // ListenBucketNotificationHandler - list bucket notifications.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListenBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// Validate if bucket exists.
+	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Validate request authorization.
 	if s3Error := checkAuth(r); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, s3Error, r.URL.Path)
@@ -229,13 +238,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListenBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWrit
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Validate if bucket exists.
-	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
-
 	_, err := objAPI.GetBucketInfo(bucket)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to bucket info.")
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go
index 5cb206115..161e25eed 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ func bucketPolicyConditionMatch(conditions map[string]set.StringSet, statement p
 // This implementation of the PUT operation uses the policy
 // subresource to add to or replace a policy on a bucket
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
@@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 	}
 
 	// Save bucket policy.
-	if err = writeBucketPolicy(bucket, api.ObjectAPI, bytes.NewReader(policyBytes), int64(len(policyBytes))); err != nil {
+	if err = writeBucketPolicy(bucket, objAPI, bytes.NewReader(policyBytes), int64(len(policyBytes))); err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to write bucket policy.")
 		switch err.(type) {
 		case BucketNameInvalid:
@@ -203,6 +209,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 // This implementation of the DELETE operation uses the policy
 // subresource to add to remove a policy on a bucket.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
@@ -219,7 +231,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 
 	// Delete bucket access policy.
-	if err := removeBucketPolicy(bucket, api.ObjectAPI); err != nil {
+	if err := removeBucketPolicy(bucket, objAPI); err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to remove bucket policy.")
 		switch err.(type) {
 		case BucketNameInvalid:
@@ -244,6 +256,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 // This operation uses the policy
 // subresource to return the policy of a specified bucket.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
@@ -260,7 +278,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetBucketPolicyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 	}
 
 	// Read bucket access policy.
-	policy, err := readBucketPolicy(bucket, api.ObjectAPI)
+	policy, err := readBucketPolicy(bucket, objAPI)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to read bucket policy.")
 		switch err.(type) {
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index d99f4e870..979331882 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	bucket = vars["bucket"]
 	object = vars["object"]
 
+	// Fetch object stat info.
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -101,12 +108,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	// Fetch object stat info.
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	objInfo, err := objectAPI.GetObjectInfo(bucket, object)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to fetch object info.")
@@ -195,6 +196,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	bucket = vars["bucket"]
 	object = vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -213,11 +220,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		}
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	objInfo, err := objectAPI.GetObjectInfo(bucket, object)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to fetch object info.")
@@ -250,6 +252,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	object := vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -299,11 +307,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		return
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	objInfo, err := objectAPI.GetObjectInfo(sourceBucket, sourceObject)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to fetch object info.")
@@ -389,6 +392,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 // ----------
 // This implementation of the PUT operation adds an object to a bucket.
 func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// If the matching failed, it means that the X-Amz-Copy-Source was
 	// wrong, fail right here.
 	if _, ok := r.Header["X-Amz-Copy-Source"]; ok {
@@ -433,11 +442,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	// Make sure we hex encode md5sum here.
 	metadata["md5Sum"] = hex.EncodeToString(md5Bytes)
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	var md5Sum string
 	switch rAuthType {
 	default:
@@ -505,6 +509,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) NewMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	bucket = vars["bucket"]
 	object = vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -526,11 +536,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) NewMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	// Extract metadata that needs to be saved.
 	metadata := extractMetadataFromHeader(r.Header)
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	uploadID, err := objectAPI.NewMultipartUpload(bucket, object, metadata)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to initiate new multipart upload id.")
@@ -552,6 +557,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	object := vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// get Content-Md5 sent by client and verify if valid
 	md5Bytes, err := checkValidMD5(r.Header.Get("Content-Md5"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -599,11 +610,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 		return
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	var partMD5 string
 	incomingMD5 := hex.EncodeToString(md5Bytes)
 	switch rAuthType {
@@ -650,6 +656,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) AbortMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	object := vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -668,11 +680,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) AbortMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 		}
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	uploadID, _, _, _ := getObjectResources(r.URL.Query())
 	if err := objectAPI.AbortMultipartUpload(bucket, object, uploadID); err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to abort multipart upload.")
@@ -688,6 +695,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectPartsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	object := vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -715,11 +728,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectPartsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInvalidMaxParts, r.URL.Path)
 		return
 	}
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	listPartsInfo, err := objectAPI.ListObjectParts(bucket, object, uploadID, partNumberMarker, maxParts)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to list uploaded parts.")
@@ -740,6 +748,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWrite
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	object := vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Get upload id.
 	uploadID, _, _, _ := getObjectResources(r.URL.Query())
 
@@ -801,12 +815,8 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWrite
 		return
 	}
 
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
+
 	// Signal that completeMultipartUpload is over via doneCh
 	go func(doneCh chan<- struct{}) {
 		md5Sum, err = objectAPI.CompleteMultipartUpload(bucket, object, uploadID, completeParts)
@@ -870,6 +880,12 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	object := vars["object"]
 
+	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
+	if objectAPI == nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrServerNotInitialized, r.URL.Path)
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch getRequestAuthType(r) {
 	default:
 		// For all unknown auth types return error.
@@ -887,11 +903,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
-	if objectAPI == nil {
-		writeErrorResponse(w, r, ErrInternalError, r.URL.Path)
-		return
-	}
 	/// http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectDELETE.html
 	/// Ignore delete object errors, since we are suppposed to reply
 	/// only 204.