diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index 1a48c1558..1e90c4496 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -1715,6 +1715,8 @@ func (s *xlStorage) openFileNoSync(filePath string, mode int) (f *os.File, err e
 			return nil, errIsNotRegular
 		case osIsPermission(err):
 			return nil, errFileAccessDenied
+		case isSysErrNotDir(err):
+			return nil, errFileAccessDenied
 		case isSysErrIO(err):
 			return nil, errFaultyDisk
 		case isSysErrTooManyFiles(err):