diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing.go b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
index 15c9556fa..b42380f40 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
@@ -294,6 +294,26 @@ func shouldHealObjectOnDisk(erErr, dataErr error, meta FileInfo, latestMeta File
 	return false
 }
 
+const xMinIOHealing = ReservedMetadataPrefix + "healing"
+
+// SetHealing marks object (version) as being healed.
+// Note: this is to be used only from healObject
+func (fi *FileInfo) SetHealing() {
+	if fi.Metadata == nil {
+		fi.Metadata = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+	fi.Metadata[xMinIOHealing] = "true"
+}
+
+// Healing returns true if object is being healed (i.e fi is being passed down
+// from healObject)
+func (fi FileInfo) Healing() bool {
+	if _, ok := fi.Metadata[xMinIOHealing]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Heals an object by re-writing corrupt/missing erasure blocks.
 func (er *erasureObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object string, versionID string, opts madmin.HealOpts) (result madmin.HealResultItem, err error) {
 	dryRun := opts.DryRun
@@ -664,6 +684,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object
 		partsMetadata[i].Erasure.Index = i + 1
 
 		// Attempt a rename now from healed data to final location.
+		partsMetadata[i].SetHealing()
 		if _, err = disk.RenameData(ctx, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpID, partsMetadata[i], bucket, object); err != nil {
 			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 			return result, err
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go b/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go
index fb9be0235..8bad88041 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go
@@ -1583,8 +1583,9 @@ func (x *xlMetaV2) AddVersion(fi FileInfo) error {
 			if len(k) > len(ReservedMetadataPrefixLower) && strings.EqualFold(k[:len(ReservedMetadataPrefixLower)], ReservedMetadataPrefixLower) {
 				// Skip tierFVID, tierFVMarker keys; it's used
 				// only for creating free-version.
+				// Skip xMinIOHealing, it's used only in RenameData
 				switch k {
-				case tierFVIDKey, tierFVMarkerKey:
+				case tierFVIDKey, tierFVMarkerKey, xMinIOHealing:
 					continue
 				}
 
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2_test.go b/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2_test.go
index 248648b47..f9b42c5ce 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2_test.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2_test.go
@@ -1010,3 +1010,51 @@ func Test_mergeXLV2Versions2(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestXMinIOHealingSkip(t *testing.T) {
+	xl := xlMetaV2{}
+	failOnErr := func(err error) {
+		t.Helper()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Test failed with %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fi := FileInfo{
+		Volume:    "volume",
+		Name:      "object-name",
+		VersionID: "756100c6-b393-4981-928a-d49bbc164741",
+		IsLatest:  true,
+		Deleted:   false,
+		ModTime:   time.Now(),
+		Size:      1 << 10,
+		Mode:      0,
+		Erasure: ErasureInfo{
+			Algorithm:    ReedSolomon.String(),
+			DataBlocks:   4,
+			ParityBlocks: 2,
+			BlockSize:    10000,
+			Index:        1,
+			Distribution: []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
+			Checksums: []ChecksumInfo{{
+				PartNumber: 1,
+				Algorithm:  HighwayHash256S,
+				Hash:       nil,
+			}},
+		},
+		NumVersions: 1,
+	}
+
+	fi.SetHealing()
+	failOnErr(xl.AddVersion(fi))
+
+	var err error
+	fi, err = xl.ToFileInfo(fi.Volume, fi.Name, fi.VersionID, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("xl.ToFileInfo failed with %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if fi.Healing() {
+		t.Fatal("Expected fi.Healing to be false")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index d64f5d3e5..8407fd62e 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -2357,7 +2357,11 @@ func (s *xlStorage) RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcPath string, f
 	// suspended or disabled on this bucket. RenameData will replace
 	// the 'null' version. We add a free-version to track its tiered
 	// content for asynchronous deletion.
-	if fi.VersionID == "" && !fi.IsRestoreObjReq() {
+	//
+	// Note: RestoreObject and HealObject requests don't end up replacing the
+	// null version and therefore don't require the free-version to track
+	// anything
+	if fi.VersionID == "" && !fi.IsRestoreObjReq() && !fi.Healing() {
 		// Note: Restore object request reuses PutObject/Multipart
 		// upload to copy back its data from the remote tier. This
 		// doesn't replace the existing version, so we don't need to add