diff --git a/cmd/object-api-errors.go b/cmd/object-api-errors.go
index 62b4ee926..fdef00f39 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-errors.go
@@ -703,5 +703,6 @@ func isErrMethodNotAllowed(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func isErrInvalidRange(err error) bool {
-	return errors.As(err, &errInvalidRange)
+	_, ok := err.(InvalidRange)
+	return ok
 }
diff --git a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh
index be325ad52..8c72b07be 100755
--- a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh
+++ b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     exit_1;
 fi
 
+err_minio2=$(./mc stat minio2/newbucket/xxx --json | jq -r .error.cause.message)
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "expecting object to be missing. exiting.."
+    exit_1;
+fi
+
+if [ "${err_minio2}" != "Object does not exist" ]; then
+    echo "expected to see Object does not exist error, exiting..."
+    exit_1;
+fi
+
 ./mc cp README.md minio2/newbucket/
 
 sleep 5