diff --git a/cmd/erasure.go b/cmd/erasure.go
index d4d42dec9..9642d8a9d 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func diskErrToDriveState(err error) (state string) {
 	switch {
 	case errors.Is(err, errDiskNotFound) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
 		state = madmin.DriveStateOffline
-	case errors.Is(err, errCorruptedFormat):
+	case errors.Is(err, errCorruptedFormat) || errors.Is(err, errCorruptedBackend):
 		state = madmin.DriveStateCorrupt
 	case errors.Is(err, errUnformattedDisk):
 		state = madmin.DriveStateUnformatted
diff --git a/cmd/storage-errors.go b/cmd/storage-errors.go
index 4630d1181..f31107f53 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-errors.go
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ var errMaxVersionsExceeded = StorageErr("maximum versions exceeded, please delet
 // errUnexpected - unexpected error, requires manual intervention.
 var errUnexpected = StorageErr("unexpected error, please report this issue at https://github.com/minio/minio/issues")
 
-// errCorruptedFormat - corrupted backend format.
-var errCorruptedFormat = StorageErr("corrupted backend format, specified drive mount has unexpected previous content")
+// errCorruptedFormat - corrupted format.
+var errCorruptedFormat = StorageErr("corrupted format")
+
+// errCorruptedBackend - corrupted backend.
+var errCorruptedBackend = StorageErr("corrupted backend")
 
 // errUnformattedDisk - unformatted disk found.
 var errUnformattedDisk = StorageErr("unformatted drive found")
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index 56ba937e0..35d1700e9 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ func toStorageErr(err error) error {
 		return errVolumeAccessDenied
 	case errCorruptedFormat.Error():
 		return errCorruptedFormat
+	case errCorruptedBackend.Error():
+		return errCorruptedBackend
 	case errUnformattedDisk.Error():
 		return errUnformattedDisk
 	case errInvalidAccessKeyID.Error():
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index f3d58417a..56eff1d4d 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -779,12 +779,12 @@ func (s *xlStorage) checkFormatJSON() (os.FileInfo, error) {
 				return nil, errDiskAccessDenied
 			}
 			logger.LogOnceIf(GlobalContext, err, "check-format-json") // log unexpected errors
-			return nil, errCorruptedFormat
+			return nil, errCorruptedBackend
 		} else if osIsPermission(err) {
 			return nil, errDiskAccessDenied
 		}
 		logger.LogOnceIf(GlobalContext, err, "check-format-json") // log unexpected errors
-		return nil, errCorruptedFormat
+		return nil, errCorruptedBackend
 	}
 	return fi, nil
 }
@@ -830,12 +830,12 @@ func (s *xlStorage) GetDiskID() (string, error) {
 				return "", errDiskAccessDenied
 			}
 			logger.LogOnceIf(GlobalContext, err, "check-format-json") // log unexpected errors
-			return "", errCorruptedFormat
+			return "", errCorruptedBackend
 		} else if osIsPermission(err) {
 			return "", errDiskAccessDenied
 		}
 		logger.LogOnceIf(GlobalContext, err, "check-format-json") // log unexpected errors
-		return "", errCorruptedFormat
+		return "", errCorruptedBackend
 	}
 
 	format := &formatErasureV3{}