diff --git a/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go b/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go
index cc9f2ca93..51ea2d6e4 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-metadata-utils.go
@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ func shuffleDisksAndPartsMetadataByIndex(disks []StorageAPI, metaArr []FileInfo,
 			inconsistent++
 			continue
 		}
-		if len(fi.Data) != len(meta.Data) {
-			inconsistent++
-			continue
-		}
 		if meta.XLV1 != fi.XLV1 {
 			inconsistent++
 			continue
@@ -229,12 +225,6 @@ func shuffleDisksAndPartsMetadata(disks []StorageAPI, partsMetadata []FileInfo,
 			// if object was ever written previously.
 			continue
 		}
-		if !init && len(fi.Data) != len(partsMetadata[index].Data) {
-			// Check for length of data parts only when
-			// fi.ModTime is not empty - ModTime is always set,
-			// if object was ever written previously.
-			continue
-		}
 		if !init && fi.XLV1 != partsMetadata[index].XLV1 {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-metadata.go b/cmd/erasure-metadata.go
index 33c8dd1b4..91d225f77 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-metadata.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-metadata.go
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ func findFileInfoInQuorum(ctx context.Context, metaArr []FileInfo, modTime time.
 				fmt.Fprintf(h, "part.%d", part.Number)
 			}
 			fmt.Fprintf(h, "%v", meta.Erasure.Distribution)
-			// make sure that length of Data is same
-			fmt.Fprintf(h, "%v", len(meta.Data))
 
 			// ILM transition fields
 			fmt.Fprint(h, meta.TransitionStatus)
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object_test.go b/cmd/erasure-object_test.go
index 3fbd0899c..e5de6a51a 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object_test.go
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/md5"
 	crand "crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -1048,3 +1051,63 @@ func testObjectQuorumFromMeta(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, dirs []strin
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// In some deployments, one object has data inlined in one disk and not inlined in other disks.
+func TestGetObjectInlineNotInline(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Create a backend with 4 disks named disk{1...4}, this name convention
+	// because we will unzip some object data from a sample archive.
+	const numDisks = 4
+	path, err := ioutil.TempDir(globalTestTmpDir, "minio-")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var fsDirs []string
+	for i := 1; i <= numDisks; i++ {
+		fsDirs = append(fsDirs, filepath.Join(path, fmt.Sprintf("disk%d", i)))
+	}
+
+	objLayer, _, err := initObjectLayer(ctx, mustGetPoolEndpoints(fsDirs...))
+	if err != nil {
+		removeRoots(fsDirs)
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// cleaning up of temporary test directories
+	defer objLayer.Shutdown(context.Background())
+	defer removeRoots(fsDirs)
+
+	// Create a testbucket
+	err = objLayer.MakeBucketWithLocation(ctx, "testbucket", BucketOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Unzip sample object data to the existing disks
+	err = unzipArchive("testdata/xl-meta-inline-notinline.zip", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Try to read the object and check its md5sum
+	gr, err := objLayer.GetObjectNInfo(ctx, "testbucket", "file", nil, nil, readLock, ObjectOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected GetObject to succeed, but failed with %v", err)
+	}
+
+	h := md5.New()
+	_, err = io.Copy(h, gr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected GetObject reading data to succeed, but failed with %v", err)
+	}
+	gr.Close()
+
+	const expectedHash = "fffb6377948ebea75ad2b8058e849ef5"
+	foundHash := fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
+	if foundHash != expectedHash {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected data to have md5sum = `%s`, found `%s`", expectedHash, foundHash)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/test-utils_test.go b/cmd/test-utils_test.go
index b3d40b627..17559b6e7 100644
--- a/cmd/test-utils_test.go
+++ b/cmd/test-utils_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"archive/zip"
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -2323,3 +2325,35 @@ func uploadTestObject(t *testing.T, apiRouter http.Handler, creds auth.Credentia
 		checkRespErr(rec, http.StatusOK)
 	}
 }
+
+// unzip a file into a specific target dir - used to unzip sample data in cmd/testdata/
+func unzipArchive(zipFilePath, targetDir string) error {
+	zipReader, err := zip.OpenReader(zipFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, file := range zipReader.Reader.File {
+		zippedFile, err := file.Open()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = func() (err error) {
+			defer zippedFile.Close()
+			extractedFilePath := filepath.Join(targetDir, file.Name)
+			if file.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+				return os.MkdirAll(extractedFilePath, file.Mode())
+			}
+			outputFile, err := os.OpenFile(extractedFilePath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, file.Mode())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer outputFile.Close()
+			_, err = io.Copy(outputFile, zippedFile)
+			return err
+		}()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/testdata/xl-meta-inline-notinline.zip b/cmd/testdata/xl-meta-inline-notinline.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..748fcd32e
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