diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index 2305e1bb2..e6b9f3903 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -2451,12 +2451,12 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) GetObjectTags(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 		return z.serverPools[0].GetObjectTags(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	}
 
-	idx, err := z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	oi, _, err := z.getLatestObjectInfoWithIdx(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return z.serverPools[idx].GetObjectTags(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	return tags.ParseObjectTags(oi.UserTags)
 }
 
 // TransitionObject - transition object content to target tier.