diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing.go b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
index 73b215bb6..24ab1ea98 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
@@ -443,7 +443,10 @@ func (er erasureObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object s
 		}
 
 		erasureInfo := latestMeta.Erasure
-
+		bp := er.bp
+		if erasureInfo.BlockSize == blockSizeV1 {
+			bp = er.bpOld
+		}
 		for partIndex := 0; partIndex < len(latestMeta.Parts); partIndex++ {
 			partSize := latestMeta.Parts[partIndex].Size
 			partActualSize := latestMeta.Parts[partIndex].ActualSize
@@ -457,7 +460,8 @@ func (er erasureObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object s
 				}
 				checksumInfo := copyPartsMetadata[i].Erasure.GetChecksumInfo(partNumber)
 				partPath := pathJoin(object, srcDataDir, fmt.Sprintf("part.%d", partNumber))
-				readers[i] = newBitrotReader(disk, partsMetadata[i].Data, bucket, partPath, tillOffset, checksumAlgo, checksumInfo.Hash, erasure.ShardSize())
+				readers[i] = newBitrotReader(disk, partsMetadata[i].Data, bucket, partPath, tillOffset, checksumAlgo,
+					checksumInfo.Hash, erasure.ShardSize())
 			}
 			writers := make([]io.Writer, len(outDatedDisks))
 			for i, disk := range outDatedDisks {
@@ -473,7 +477,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object s
 						tillOffset, DefaultBitrotAlgorithm, erasure.ShardSize())
 				}
 			}
-			err = erasure.Heal(ctx, readers, writers, partSize, er.bp)
+			err = erasure.Heal(ctx, readers, writers, partSize, bp)
 			closeBitrotReaders(readers)
 			closeBitrotWriters(writers)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index 9968b73c0..5e79beb6d 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -391,6 +391,14 @@ func newErasureSets(ctx context.Context, endpoints Endpoints, storageDisks []Sto
 	// setCount * setDriveCount with each memory upto blockSizeV2.
 	bp := bpool.NewBytePoolCap(n, blockSizeV2, blockSizeV2*2)
 
+	// Initialize byte pool for all sets, bpool size is set to
+	// setCount * setDriveCount with each memory upto blockSizeV1
+	//
+	// Number of buffers, max 10GiB
+	m := (10 * humanize.GiByte) / (blockSizeV1 * 2)
+
+	bpOld := bpool.NewBytePoolCap(m, blockSizeV1, blockSizeV1*2)
+
 	for i := 0; i < setCount; i++ {
 		s.erasureDisks[i] = make([]StorageAPI, setDriveCount)
 	}
@@ -440,6 +448,7 @@ func newErasureSets(ctx context.Context, endpoints Endpoints, storageDisks []Sto
 			deletedCleanupSleeper: newDynamicSleeper(10, 2*time.Second),
 			nsMutex:               mutex,
 			bp:                    bp,
+			bpOld:                 bpOld,
 			mrfOpCh:               make(chan partialOperation, 10000),
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure.go b/cmd/erasure.go
index b798f8646..92a8d9781 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ type erasureObjects struct {
 	// Byte pools used for temporary i/o buffers.
 	bp *bpool.BytePoolCap
 
+	// Byte pools used for temporary i/o buffers,
+	// legacy objects.
+	bpOld *bpool.BytePoolCap
+
 	mrfOpCh chan partialOperation
 
 	deletedCleanupSleeper *dynamicSleeper