diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index fb9d42840..d3f541333 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var (
 // Returns Administration API version
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) VersionHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
-	adminAPIErr := checkRequestAuthType(r, "", "", "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) VersionHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 // ----------
 // Returns server version and uptime.
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServiceStatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServiceStatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 // Restarts/Stops minio server gracefully. In a distributed setup,
 // restarts all the servers in the cluster.
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServiceStopNRestartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ type ServerInfo struct {
 // Get server information
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServerInfoHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Authenticate request
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func validateLockQueryParams(vars url.Values) (string, string, time.Duration,
 // Lists locks held on a given bucket, prefix and duration it was held for.
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) ListLocksHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ListLocksHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 // Clear locks held on a given bucket, prefix and duration it was held for.
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) ClearLocksHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
-	adminAPIErr := checkRequestAuthType(r, "", "", "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) HealHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// Validate request signature.
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) HealHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) GetConfigHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// Validate request signature.
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) SetConfigHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	}
 
 	// Validate request signature.
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) UpdateCredentialsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	r *http.Request) {
 
 	// Authenticate request
-	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
+	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, globalServerConfig.GetRegion())
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, adminAPIErr, r.URL)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go b/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go
index c77182ad1..dc7cbb54c 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/heal-commands.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func (adm *AdminClient) Heal(bucket, prefix string, healOpts HealOpts,
 	var contentBody io.Reader
 	if clientToken != "" {
 		queryVals.Set("clientToken", clientToken)
+		body = []byte{}
 	} else {
 		// Set a body only if clientToken is not given
 		contentBody = bytes.NewReader(body)