diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index b17a042a8..3c563b8cc 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -2231,8 +2231,15 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectExtractHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 		putObject = objectAPI.PutObject
 	)
 
-	// Check if put is allowed
-	if s3Err = isPutActionAllowed(ctx, rAuthType, bucket, object, r, policy.PutObjectAction); s3Err != ErrNone {
+	var opts untarOptions
+	opts.ignoreDirs = strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSnowballIgnoreDirs), "true")
+	opts.ignoreErrs = strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSnowballIgnoreErrors), "true")
+	opts.prefixAll = r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSnowballPrefix)
+	if opts.prefixAll != "" {
+		opts.prefixAll = trimLeadingSlash(pathJoin(opts.prefixAll, slashSeparator))
+	}
+	// Check if put is allow for specified prefix.
+	if s3Err = isPutActionAllowed(ctx, rAuthType, bucket, opts.prefixAll, r, policy.PutObjectAction); s3Err != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Err), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
@@ -2300,7 +2307,10 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectExtractHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 
 	putObjectTar := func(reader io.Reader, info os.FileInfo, object string) error {
 		size := info.Size()
-
+		if s3Err = isPutActionAllowed(ctx, getRequestAuthType(r), bucket, object, r, policy.PutObjectAction); s3Err != ErrNone {
+			writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Err), r.URL)
+			return errors.New(errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Err).Code)
+		}
 		metadata := map[string]string{
 			xhttp.AmzStorageClass: sc, // save same storage-class as incoming stream.
 		}
@@ -2336,7 +2346,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectExtractHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 
 		if r.Header.Get(xhttp.AmzBucketReplicationStatus) == replication.Replica.String() {
 			if s3Err = isPutActionAllowed(ctx, getRequestAuthType(r), bucket, object, r, policy.ReplicateObjectAction); s3Err != ErrNone {
-				return err
+				return errors.New(errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Err).Code)
 			}
 			metadata[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaStatus] = replication.Replica.String()
 			metadata[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaTimestamp] = UTCNow().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
@@ -2483,14 +2493,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectExtractHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	var opts untarOptions
-	opts.ignoreDirs = strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSnowballIgnoreDirs), "true")
-	opts.ignoreErrs = strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSnowballIgnoreErrors), "true")
-	opts.prefixAll = r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSnowballPrefix)
-	if opts.prefixAll != "" {
-		opts.prefixAll = trimLeadingSlash(pathJoin(opts.prefixAll, slashSeparator))
-	}
-
 	if err = untar(ctx, hreader, putObjectTar, opts); err != nil {
 		apiErr := errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Err)
 		// If not set, convert or use BadRequest