diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
index 2ff9c5042..916281299 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func newXLStorageDiskIDCheck(storage *xlStorage, healthCheck bool) *xlStorageDis
 		diskMaxConcurrent = 512
 		if storage.rotational {
 			diskMaxConcurrent = int(storage.nrRequests) / 2
-			if diskMaxConcurrent == 0 {
+			if diskMaxConcurrent < 32 {
 				diskMaxConcurrent = 32
 			}
 		}