diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index 8ce09c1bc..2bbb23147 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -906,6 +906,56 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) defaultFsJSON(object string) fsMetaV1 {
 	return fsMeta
 }
 
+func (fs *FSObjects) getObjectInfoNoFSLock(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string) (oi ObjectInfo, e error) {
+	fsMeta := fsMetaV1{}
+	if HasSuffix(object, SlashSeparator) {
+		fi, err := fsStatDir(ctx, pathJoin(fs.fsPath, bucket, object))
+		if err != nil {
+			return oi, err
+		}
+		return fsMeta.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object, fi), nil
+	}
+
+	fsMetaPath := pathJoin(fs.fsPath, minioMetaBucket, bucketMetaPrefix, bucket, object, fs.metaJSONFile)
+	// Read `fs.json` to perhaps contend with
+	// parallel Put() operations.
+
+	rc, _, err := fsOpenFile(ctx, fsMetaPath, 0)
+	if err == nil {
+		fsMetaBuf, rerr := ioutil.ReadAll(rc)
+		rc.Close()
+		if rerr == nil {
+			var json = jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
+			if rerr = json.Unmarshal(fsMetaBuf, &fsMeta); rerr != nil {
+				// For any error to read fsMeta, set default ETag and proceed.
+				fsMeta = fs.defaultFsJSON(object)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// For any error to read fsMeta, set default ETag and proceed.
+			fsMeta = fs.defaultFsJSON(object)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return a default etag and content-type based on the object's extension.
+	if err == errFileNotFound {
+		fsMeta = fs.defaultFsJSON(object)
+	}
+
+	// Ignore if `fs.json` is not available, this is true for pre-existing data.
+	if err != nil && err != errFileNotFound {
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		return oi, err
+	}
+
+	// Stat the file to get file size.
+	fi, err := fsStatFile(ctx, pathJoin(fs.fsPath, bucket, object))
+	if err != nil {
+		return oi, err
+	}
+
+	return fsMeta.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object, fi), nil
+}
+
 // getObjectInfo - wrapper for reading object metadata and constructs ObjectInfo.
 func (fs *FSObjects) getObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string) (oi ObjectInfo, e error) {
 	fsMeta := fsMetaV1{}
@@ -1391,14 +1441,13 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) ListObjectVersions(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix, mar
 // ListObjects - list all objects at prefix upto maxKeys., optionally delimited by '/'. Maintains the list pool
 // state for future re-entrant list requests.
 func (fs *FSObjects) ListObjects(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix, marker, delimiter string, maxKeys int) (loi ListObjectsInfo, e error) {
-
 	atomic.AddInt64(&fs.activeIOCount, 1)
 	defer func() {
 		atomic.AddInt64(&fs.activeIOCount, -1)
 	}()
 
 	return listObjects(ctx, fs, bucket, prefix, marker, delimiter, maxKeys, fs.listPool,
-		fs.listDirFactory(), fs.getObjectInfo, fs.getObjectInfo)
+		fs.listDirFactory(), fs.getObjectInfoNoFSLock, fs.getObjectInfoNoFSLock)
 }
 
 // GetObjectTags - get object tags from an existing object
@@ -1495,7 +1544,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) HealBucket(ctx context.Context, bucket string, dryRun, remo
 // error walker returns error. Optionally if context.Done() is received
 // then Walk() stops the walker.
 func (fs *FSObjects) Walk(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix string, results chan<- ObjectInfo, opts ObjectOptions) error {
-	return fsWalk(ctx, fs, bucket, prefix, fs.listDirFactory(), results, fs.getObjectInfo, fs.getObjectInfo)
+	return fsWalk(ctx, fs, bucket, prefix, fs.listDirFactory(), results, fs.getObjectInfoNoFSLock, fs.getObjectInfoNoFSLock)
 }
 
 // HealObjects - no-op for fs. Valid only for Erasure.