diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a7156447..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-name: "Code scanning - action"
-
-on:
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 19 * * 0'
-
-jobs:
-  CodeQL-Build:
-
-    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
-        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
-        fetch-depth: 2
-
-    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
-    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
-    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
-      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      
-    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
-    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
-      with:
-         languages: go, javascript
-
-    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
-    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
-    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
-
-    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
-
-    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
-    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
-    #    uses a compiled language
-
-    #- run: |
-    #   make bootstrap
-    #   make release
-
-    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index c0c289a0d..7a9224eb4 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -890,6 +890,15 @@ func (er erasureObjects) DeleteObjects(ctx context.Context, bucket string, objec
 // any error as it is not necessary for the handler to reply back a
 // response to the client request.
 func (er erasureObjects) DeleteObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions) (objInfo ObjectInfo, err error) {
+	goi, gerr := er.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	if gerr != nil && goi.Name == "" {
+		switch gerr.(type) {
+		case InsufficientReadQuorum:
+			return objInfo, InsufficientWriteQuorum{}
+		}
+		return objInfo, gerr
+	}
+
 	// Acquire a write lock before deleting the object.
 	lk := er.NewNSLock(ctx, bucket, object)
 	if err = lk.GetLock(globalDeleteOperationTimeout); err != nil {