diff --git a/erasure-createfile.go b/erasure-createfile.go
index c12f273b4..8dc70573f 100644
--- a/erasure-createfile.go
+++ b/erasure-createfile.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // erasureCreateFile - writes an entire stream by erasure coding to
 // all the disks, writes also calculate individual block's checksum
 // for future bit-rot protection.
-func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName string, data io.Reader, eInfos []erasureInfo) (newEInfos []erasureInfo, size int64, err error) {
+func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName string, data io.Reader, eInfos []erasureInfo, writeQuorum int) (newEInfos []erasureInfo, size int64, err error) {
 	// Allocated blockSized buffer for reading.
 	buf := make([]byte, blockSizeV1)
 	hashWriters := newHashWriters(len(disks))
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, err
 		}
-		err = appendFile(disks, volume, path, blocks, eInfo.Distribution, hashWriters)
+		err = appendFile(disks, volume, path, blocks, eInfo.Distribution, hashWriters, writeQuorum)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, err
 		}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func encodeData(dataBuffer []byte, dataBlocks, parityBlocks int) ([][]byte, erro
 }
 
 // appendFile - append data buffer at path.
-func appendFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume, path string, enBlocks [][]byte, distribution []int, hashWriters []hash.Hash) (err error) {
+func appendFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume, path string, enBlocks [][]byte, distribution []int, hashWriters []hash.Hash, writeQuorum int) (err error) {
 	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	var wErrs = make([]error, len(disks))
 	// Write encoded data to quorum disks in parallel.
@@ -144,6 +144,5 @@ func appendFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume, path string, enBlocks [][]byte, dist
 	// Wait for all the appends to finish.
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	// Return success.
-	return nil
+	return reduceError(wErrs, writeQuorum)
 }
diff --git a/xl-v1-healing.go b/xl-v1-healing.go
index 4adb05112..e8f1f5822 100644
--- a/xl-v1-healing.go
+++ b/xl-v1-healing.go
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ func (xl xlObjects) readAllXLMetadata(bucket, object string) ([]xlMetaV1, []erro
 	return metadataArray, errs
 }
 
-// error based on total errors and read quorum.
-func (xl xlObjects) reduceError(errs []error) error {
+// error based on total errors and quorum.
+func reduceError(errs []error, quorum int) error {
 	fileNotFoundCount := 0
 	longNameCount := 0
 	diskNotFoundCount := 0
@@ -90,28 +90,28 @@ func (xl xlObjects) reduceError(errs []error) error {
 		}
 	}
 	// If we have errors with 'file not found' greater than
-	// readQuorum, return as errFileNotFound.
+	// quorum, return as errFileNotFound.
 	// else if we have errors with 'volume not found'
-	// greater than readQuorum, return as errVolumeNotFound.
-	if fileNotFoundCount > len(xl.storageDisks)-xl.readQuorum {
+	// greater than quorum, return as errVolumeNotFound.
+	if fileNotFoundCount > len(errs)-quorum {
 		return errFileNotFound
-	} else if longNameCount > len(xl.storageDisks)-xl.readQuorum {
+	} else if longNameCount > len(errs)-quorum {
 		return errFileNameTooLong
-	} else if volumeNotFoundCount > len(xl.storageDisks)-xl.readQuorum {
+	} else if volumeNotFoundCount > len(errs)-quorum {
 		return errVolumeNotFound
 	}
 	// If we have errors with disk not found equal to the
 	// number of disks, return as errDiskNotFound.
-	if diskNotFoundCount == len(xl.storageDisks) {
+	if diskNotFoundCount == len(errs) {
 		return errDiskNotFound
-	} else if diskNotFoundCount > len(xl.storageDisks)-xl.readQuorum {
+	} else if diskNotFoundCount > len(errs)-quorum {
 		// If we have errors with 'disk not found'
-		// greater than readQuorum, return as errFileNotFound.
+		// greater than quorum, return as errFileNotFound.
 		return errFileNotFound
 	}
 	// If we have errors with disk not found equal to the
 	// number of disks, return as errDiskNotFound.
-	if diskAccessDeniedCount == len(xl.storageDisks) {
+	if diskAccessDeniedCount == len(errs) {
 		return errVolumeAccessDenied
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) shouldHeal(onlineDisks []StorageAPI) (heal bool) {
 // - error if any.
 func (xl xlObjects) listOnlineDisks(partsMetadata []xlMetaV1, errs []error) (onlineDisks []StorageAPI, version int64, err error) {
 	onlineDisks = make([]StorageAPI, len(xl.storageDisks))
-	if err = xl.reduceError(errs); err != nil {
+	if err = reduceError(errs, xl.readQuorum); err != nil {
 		if err == errFileNotFound {
 			// For file not found, treat as if disks are available
 			// return all the configured ones.
diff --git a/xl-v1-multipart.go b/xl-v1-multipart.go
index d324106fa..b119dc33b 100644
--- a/xl-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/xl-v1-multipart.go
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) putObjectPart(bucket string, object string, uploadID string,
 	}
 
 	// Erasure code data and write across all disks.
-	newEInfos, n, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath, partSuffix, teeReader, eInfos)
+	newEInfos, n, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath, partSuffix, teeReader, eInfos, xl.writeQuorum)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath)
 	}
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) CompleteMultipartUpload(bucket string, object string, upload
 
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
 	partsMetadata, errs := xl.readAllXLMetadata(minioMetaBucket, uploadIDPath)
-	if err = xl.reduceError(errs); err != nil {
+	if err = reduceError(errs, xl.readQuorum); err != nil {
 		return "", toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, uploadIDPath)
 	}
 
diff --git a/xl-v1-object.go b/xl-v1-object.go
index 9a6989af2..7887ae15b 100644
--- a/xl-v1-object.go
+++ b/xl-v1-object.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) GetObject(bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length i
 
 	// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
 	partsMetadata, errs := xl.readAllXLMetadata(bucket, object)
-	if err := xl.reduceError(errs); err != nil {
+	if err := reduceError(errs, xl.readQuorum); err != nil {
 		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.
 	}
 
 	// Erasure code and write across all disks.
-	newEInfos, n, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, "object1", teeReader, eInfos)
+	newEInfos, n, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, "object1", teeReader, eInfos, xl.writeQuorum)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj)
 	}