diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index c70a8d1ac..4c176d1e1 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -636,7 +636,10 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 
 	if reducedErr := reduceReadQuorumErrs(ctx, errs, objectOpIgnoredErrs, readQuorum); reducedErr != nil {
 		if errors.Is(reducedErr, errErasureReadQuorum) && !strings.HasPrefix(bucket, minioMetaBucket) {
-			er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, nil, opts)
+			_, derr := er.deleteIfDangling(ctx, bucket, object, metaArr, errs, nil, opts)
+			if derr != nil {
+				reducedErr = derr
+			}
 		}
 		return fi, nil, nil, toObjectErr(reducedErr, bucket, object)
 	}