diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index edc2e1cff..c6f17af1e 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func isEndpointConnectionStable(diskMap map[Endpoint]StorageAPI, endpoint Endpoi
 	if !disk.IsOnline() {
 		return false
 	}
-	if disk.LastConn().After(lastCheck) {
+	if !lastCheck.IsZero() && disk.LastConn().After(lastCheck) {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true