diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index 200dfb68b..3d047ceda 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -1217,6 +1217,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ObjectSpeedTestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	storageClass := strings.TrimSpace(r.Form.Get(peerRESTStorageClass))
 	customBucket := strings.TrimSpace(r.Form.Get(peerRESTBucket))
 	autotune := r.Form.Get("autotune") == "true"
+	noClear := r.Form.Get("noclear") == "true"
 
 	size, err := strconv.Atoi(sizeStr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1258,14 +1259,16 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ObjectSpeedTestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 			return
 		}
 
-		if !bucketExists {
+		if !noClear && !bucketExists {
 			defer deleteObjectPerfBucket(objectAPI)
 		}
 	}
 
-	defer objectAPI.DeleteObject(ctx, customBucket, speedTest+SlashSeparator, ObjectOptions{
-		DeletePrefix: true,
-	})
+	if !noClear {
+		defer objectAPI.DeleteObject(ctx, customBucket, speedTest+SlashSeparator, ObjectOptions{
+			DeletePrefix: true,
+		})
+	}
 
 	// Freeze all incoming S3 API calls before running speedtest.
 	globalNotificationSys.ServiceFreeze(ctx, true)