diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index d2721b76f..6779a2969 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@ func isNetworkError(err error) bool {
 	if err == nil {
 		return false
 	}
+
 	if nerr, ok := err.(*rest.NetworkError); ok {
-		return xnet.IsNetworkOrHostDown(nerr.Err, false)
+		if down := xnet.IsNetworkOrHostDown(nerr.Err, false); down {
+			return true
+		}
 	}
 
+	// More corner cases suitable for storage REST API
 	switch {
 	// A peer node can be in shut down phase and proactively
 	// return 503 server closed error,consider it as an offline node