diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
index a7d5cc1e7..5e758d848 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (p *poolMeta) validate(pools []*erasureSets) (bool, error) {
 			update = true
 		}
 		if ok && pi.completed {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("pool(%s) = %s is decommissioned, please remove from server command line", humanize.Ordinal(pi.position+1), k)
+			logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, "decommission", fmt.Errorf("pool(%s) = %s is decommissioned, please remove from server command line", humanize.Ordinal(pi.position+1), k))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom_test.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom_test.go
index ee438aeec..7e6d29c19 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestPoolMetaValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			meta:           nmeta1,
 			pools:          pools,
 			name:           "Invalid-Completed-Pool-Not-Removed",
-			expectedErr:    true,
+			expectedErr:    false,
 			expectedUpdate: false,
 		},
 		{