diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index 7af81ec30..2370b9354 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ func checkDiskFatalErrs(errs []error) error {
 	}
 
 	if countErrs(errs, errFileAccessDenied) == len(errs) {
-		return errDiskAccessDenied
+		return errFileAccessDenied
 	}
 
 	if countErrs(errs, errDiskNotDir) == len(errs) {