diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go b/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go
index 4d7c10cb5..748b39b49 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-metadata.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
@@ -28,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
+
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 )