diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go b/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
index 6f71fa1b7..63de4a546 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObjectPart(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uploadID
 	// Delete the temporary object part. If PutObjectPart succeeds there would be nothing to delete.
 	defer xl.deleteObject(ctx, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpPart, writeQuorum, false)
 	if data.Size() > 0 || data.Size() == -1 {
-		if pErr := xl.prepareFile(ctx, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpPartPath, data.Size(), onlineDisks, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, writeQuorum); err != nil {
+		if pErr := xl.prepareFile(ctx, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpPartPath, data.Size(), onlineDisks, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, writeQuorum); pErr != nil {
 			return pi, toObjectErr(pErr, bucket, object)
 
 		}