diff --git a/cmd/erasure.go b/cmd/erasure.go
index 288a7ee23..dd235b7de 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 // Erasure - erasure encoding details.
 type Erasure struct {
-	encoder                  reedsolomon.Encoder
+	encoder                  func() reedsolomon.Encoder
 	dataBlocks, parityBlocks int
 	blockSize                int64
 }
@@ -37,10 +38,29 @@ func NewErasure(ctx context.Context, dataBlocks, parityBlocks int, blockSize int
 		parityBlocks: parityBlocks,
 		blockSize:    blockSize,
 	}
-	e.encoder, err = reedsolomon.New(dataBlocks, parityBlocks, reedsolomon.WithAutoGoroutines(int(e.ShardSize())))
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
-		return e, err
+
+	// Check the parameters for sanity now.
+	if dataBlocks <= 0 || parityBlocks <= 0 {
+		return e, reedsolomon.ErrInvShardNum
+	}
+
+	if dataBlocks+parityBlocks > 256 {
+		return e, reedsolomon.ErrMaxShardNum
+	}
+
+	// Encoder when needed.
+	var enc reedsolomon.Encoder
+	var once sync.Once
+	e.encoder = func() reedsolomon.Encoder {
+		once.Do(func() {
+			e, err := reedsolomon.New(dataBlocks, parityBlocks, reedsolomon.WithAutoGoroutines(int(e.ShardSize())))
+			if err != nil {
+				// Error conditions should be checked above.
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			enc = e
+		})
+		return enc
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -51,12 +71,12 @@ func (e *Erasure) EncodeData(ctx context.Context, data []byte) ([][]byte, error)
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return make([][]byte, e.dataBlocks+e.parityBlocks), nil
 	}
-	encoded, err := e.encoder.Split(data)
+	encoded, err := e.encoder().Split(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err = e.encoder.Encode(encoded); err != nil {
+	if err = e.encoder().Encode(encoded); err != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -77,13 +97,23 @@ func (e *Erasure) DecodeDataBlocks(data [][]byte) error {
 	if !needsReconstruction {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return e.encoder.ReconstructData(data)
+	return e.encoder().ReconstructData(data)
 }
 
 // DecodeDataAndParityBlocks decodes the given erasure-coded data and verifies it.
 // It returns an error if the decoding failed.
 func (e *Erasure) DecodeDataAndParityBlocks(ctx context.Context, data [][]byte) error {
-	if err := e.encoder.Reconstruct(data); err != nil {
+	needsReconstruction := false
+	for _, b := range data {
+		if b == nil {
+			needsReconstruction = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !needsReconstruction {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := e.encoder().Reconstruct(data); err != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-healing-common.go b/cmd/xl-v1-healing-common.go
index 3a2023d52..f7daef0bd 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-healing-common.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-healing-common.go
@@ -171,20 +171,15 @@ func disksWithAllParts(ctx context.Context, onlineDisks []StorageAPI, partsMetad
 
 		switch scanMode {
 		case madmin.HealDeepScan:
-			erasureInfo := partsMetadata[i].Erasure
-			erasure, err := NewErasure(ctx, erasureInfo.DataBlocks, erasureInfo.ParityBlocks, erasureInfo.BlockSize)
-			if err != nil {
-				dataErrs[i] = err
-				continue
-			}
+			erasure := partsMetadata[i].Erasure
 
 			// disk has a valid xl.json but may not have all the
 			// parts. This is considered an outdated disk, since
 			// it needs healing too.
 			for _, part := range partsMetadata[i].Parts {
-				checksumInfo := erasureInfo.GetChecksumInfo(part.Number)
+				checksumInfo := erasure.GetChecksumInfo(part.Number)
 				partPath := pathJoin(object, fmt.Sprintf("part.%d", part.Number))
-				err = onlineDisk.VerifyFile(bucket, partPath, erasure.ShardFileSize(part.Size), checksumInfo.Algorithm, checksumInfo.Hash, erasure.ShardSize())
+				err := onlineDisk.VerifyFile(bucket, partPath, erasure.ShardFileSize(part.Size), checksumInfo.Algorithm, checksumInfo.Hash, erasure.ShardSize())
 				if err != nil {
 					if !IsErr(err, []error{
 						errFileNotFound,
diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go b/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go
index 32c03a110..1b49f8a6b 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go
@@ -139,6 +139,25 @@ func (e ErasureInfo) GetChecksumInfo(partNumber int) (ckSum ChecksumInfo) {
 	return ChecksumInfo{}
 }
 
+// ShardFileSize - returns final erasure size from original size.
+func (e ErasureInfo) ShardFileSize(totalLength int64) int64 {
+	if totalLength == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	if totalLength == -1 {
+		return -1
+	}
+	numShards := totalLength / e.BlockSize
+	lastBlockSize := totalLength % e.BlockSize
+	lastShardSize := ceilFrac(lastBlockSize, int64(e.DataBlocks))
+	return numShards*e.ShardSize() + lastShardSize
+}
+
+// ShardSize - returns actual shared size from erasure blockSize.
+func (e ErasureInfo) ShardSize() int64 {
+	return ceilFrac(e.BlockSize, int64(e.DataBlocks))
+}
+
 // statInfo - carries stat information of the object.
 type statInfo struct {
 	Size    int64     `json:"size"`    // Size of the object `xl.json`.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f25e9d024..672ccc2da 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.3
-	github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.2
+	github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.4
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.1
 	github.com/klauspost/readahead v1.3.1
-	github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.9.3
+	github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.9.7
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.1.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-ieproxy v0.0.0-20190805055040-f9202b1cfdeb // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 938fcca82..829bfaedb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -218,12 +218,16 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.3 h1:OP96hzwJVBIHYU52pVTI6CczrxPvrGfgqF9N5eT
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.3/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.2 h1:1xAgYebNnsb9LKCdLOvFWtAxGU/33mjJtyOVbmUa0Us=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.2/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.4 h1:EBfaK0SWSwk+fgk6efYFWdzl8MwRWoOO1gkmiaTXPW4=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.4/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.1 h1:oIPZROsWuPHpOdMVWLuJZXwgjhrW8r1yEX8UqMyeNHM=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.1/go.mod h1:Ch1tH69qFZu15pkjo5kYi6mth2Zzwzt50oCQKQE9RUs=
 github.com/klauspost/readahead v1.3.1 h1:QqXNYvm+VvqYcbrRT4LojUciM0XrznFRIDrbHiJtu/0=
 github.com/klauspost/readahead v1.3.1/go.mod h1:AH9juHzNH7xqdqFHrMRSHeH2Ps+vFf+kblDqzPFiLJg=
 github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.9.3 h1:N/VzgeMfHmLc+KHMD1UL/tNkfXAt8FnUqlgXGIduwAY=
 github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.9.3/go.mod h1:CwCi+NUr9pqSVktrkN+Ondf06rkhYZ/pcNv7fu+8Un4=
+github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.9.7 h1:+azeqnT4iNG9UEcWC+7utJ4xXQ9S8pSlkZor0DOArEQ=
+github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon v1.9.7/go.mod h1:+8WD025Xpby8/kG5h/HDPIFhiiuGEtZOKw+5Y4drAD8=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFBFZlji/RkVcI2GknAs/DXo4wKdlNEc=