diff --git a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
index c2a73d07e..56a95e588 100644
--- a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ type healingTracker struct {
 
 	// Numbers when current bucket started healing,
 	// for resuming with correct numbers.
-	ResumeItemsHealed uint64 `json:"-"`
-	ResumeItemsFailed uint64 `json:"-"`
-	ResumeBytesDone   uint64 `json:"-"`
-	ResumeBytesFailed uint64 `json:"-"`
+	ResumeItemsHealed  uint64 `json:"-"`
+	ResumeItemsFailed  uint64 `json:"-"`
+	ResumeItemsSkipped uint64 `json:"-"`
+	ResumeBytesDone    uint64 `json:"-"`
+	ResumeBytesFailed  uint64 `json:"-"`
+	ResumeBytesSkipped uint64 `json:"-"`
 
 	// Filled on startup/restarts.
 	QueuedBuckets []string
@@ -90,6 +92,9 @@ type healingTracker struct {
 	BytesSkipped uint64
 
 	RetryAttempts uint64
+
+	Finished bool // finished healing, whether with errors or not
+
 	// Add future tracking capabilities
 	// Be sure that they are included in toHealingDisk
 }
@@ -262,8 +267,10 @@ func (h *healingTracker) resume() {
 
 	h.ItemsHealed = h.ResumeItemsHealed
 	h.ItemsFailed = h.ResumeItemsFailed
+	h.ItemsSkipped = h.ResumeItemsSkipped
 	h.BytesDone = h.ResumeBytesDone
 	h.BytesFailed = h.ResumeBytesFailed
+	h.BytesSkipped = h.ResumeBytesSkipped
 }
 
 // bucketDone should be called when a bucket is done healing.
@@ -274,8 +281,10 @@ func (h *healingTracker) bucketDone(bucket string) {
 
 	h.ResumeItemsHealed = h.ItemsHealed
 	h.ResumeItemsFailed = h.ItemsFailed
+	h.ResumeItemsSkipped = h.ItemsSkipped
 	h.ResumeBytesDone = h.BytesDone
 	h.ResumeBytesFailed = h.BytesFailed
+	h.ResumeBytesSkipped = h.BytesSkipped
 	h.HealedBuckets = append(h.HealedBuckets, bucket)
 	for i, b := range h.QueuedBuckets {
 		if b == bucket {
@@ -324,6 +333,7 @@ func (h *healingTracker) toHealingDisk() madmin.HealingDisk {
 		PoolIndex:         h.PoolIndex,
 		SetIndex:          h.SetIndex,
 		DiskIndex:         h.DiskIndex,
+		Finished:          h.Finished,
 		Path:              h.Path,
 		Started:           h.Started.UTC(),
 		LastUpdate:        h.LastUpdate.UTC(),
@@ -373,7 +383,7 @@ func getLocalDisksToHeal() (disksToHeal Endpoints) {
 			disksToHeal = append(disksToHeal, disk.Endpoint())
 			continue
 		}
-		if disk.Healing() != nil {
+		if h := disk.Healing(); h != nil && !h.Finished {
 			disksToHeal = append(disksToHeal, disk.Endpoint())
 		}
 	}
@@ -519,7 +529,8 @@ func healFreshDisk(ctx context.Context, z *erasureServerPools, endpoint Endpoint
 			continue
 		}
 		if t.HealID == tracker.HealID {
-			t.delete(ctx)
+			t.Finished = true
+			t.update(ctx)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops_gen.go b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops_gen.go
index 52350eb39..17fc01b8a 100644
--- a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops_gen.go
+++ b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops_gen.go
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ func (z *healingTracker) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeItemsFailed")
 				return
 			}
+		case "ResumeItemsSkipped":
+			z.ResumeItemsSkipped, err = dc.ReadUint64()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeItemsSkipped")
+				return
+			}
 		case "ResumeBytesDone":
 			z.ResumeBytesDone, err = dc.ReadUint64()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -144,6 +150,12 @@ func (z *healingTracker) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeBytesFailed")
 				return
 			}
+		case "ResumeBytesSkipped":
+			z.ResumeBytesSkipped, err = dc.ReadUint64()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeBytesSkipped")
+				return
+			}
 		case "QueuedBuckets":
 			var zb0002 uint32
 			zb0002, err = dc.ReadArrayHeader()
@@ -206,6 +218,12 @@ func (z *healingTracker) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "RetryAttempts")
 				return
 			}
+		case "Finished":
+			z.Finished, err = dc.ReadBool()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Finished")
+				return
+			}
 		default:
 			err = dc.Skip()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -219,9 +237,9 @@ func (z *healingTracker) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 
 // EncodeMsg implements msgp.Encodable
 func (z *healingTracker) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
-	// map header, size 26
+	// map header, size 29
 	// write "ID"
-	err = en.Append(0xde, 0x0, 0x1a, 0xa2, 0x49, 0x44)
+	err = en.Append(0xde, 0x0, 0x1d, 0xa2, 0x49, 0x44)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -400,6 +418,16 @@ func (z *healingTracker) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeItemsFailed")
 		return
 	}
+	// write "ResumeItemsSkipped"
+	err = en.Append(0xb2, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x49, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6d, 0x73, 0x53, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x70, 0x65, 0x64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteUint64(z.ResumeItemsSkipped)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeItemsSkipped")
+		return
+	}
 	// write "ResumeBytesDone"
 	err = en.Append(0xaf, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x42, 0x79, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x44, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x65)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -420,6 +448,16 @@ func (z *healingTracker) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeBytesFailed")
 		return
 	}
+	// write "ResumeBytesSkipped"
+	err = en.Append(0xb2, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x42, 0x79, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x53, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x70, 0x65, 0x64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteUint64(z.ResumeBytesSkipped)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeBytesSkipped")
+		return
+	}
 	// write "QueuedBuckets"
 	err = en.Append(0xad, 0x51, 0x75, 0x65, 0x75, 0x65, 0x64, 0x42, 0x75, 0x63, 0x6b, 0x65, 0x74, 0x73)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -494,15 +532,25 @@ func (z *healingTracker) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "RetryAttempts")
 		return
 	}
+	// write "Finished"
+	err = en.Append(0xa8, 0x46, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x69, 0x73, 0x68, 0x65, 0x64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteBool(z.Finished)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Finished")
+		return
+	}
 	return
 }
 
 // MarshalMsg implements msgp.Marshaler
 func (z *healingTracker) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	o = msgp.Require(b, z.Msgsize())
-	// map header, size 26
+	// map header, size 29
 	// string "ID"
-	o = append(o, 0xde, 0x0, 0x1a, 0xa2, 0x49, 0x44)
+	o = append(o, 0xde, 0x0, 0x1d, 0xa2, 0x49, 0x44)
 	o = msgp.AppendString(o, z.ID)
 	// string "PoolIndex"
 	o = append(o, 0xa9, 0x50, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x6c, 0x49, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x65, 0x78)
@@ -555,12 +603,18 @@ func (z *healingTracker) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	// string "ResumeItemsFailed"
 	o = append(o, 0xb1, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x49, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6d, 0x73, 0x46, 0x61, 0x69, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x64)
 	o = msgp.AppendUint64(o, z.ResumeItemsFailed)
+	// string "ResumeItemsSkipped"
+	o = append(o, 0xb2, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x49, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6d, 0x73, 0x53, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x70, 0x65, 0x64)
+	o = msgp.AppendUint64(o, z.ResumeItemsSkipped)
 	// string "ResumeBytesDone"
 	o = append(o, 0xaf, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x42, 0x79, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x44, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x65)
 	o = msgp.AppendUint64(o, z.ResumeBytesDone)
 	// string "ResumeBytesFailed"
 	o = append(o, 0xb1, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x42, 0x79, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x46, 0x61, 0x69, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x64)
 	o = msgp.AppendUint64(o, z.ResumeBytesFailed)
+	// string "ResumeBytesSkipped"
+	o = append(o, 0xb2, 0x52, 0x65, 0x73, 0x75, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x42, 0x79, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x53, 0x6b, 0x69, 0x70, 0x70, 0x65, 0x64)
+	o = msgp.AppendUint64(o, z.ResumeBytesSkipped)
 	// string "QueuedBuckets"
 	o = append(o, 0xad, 0x51, 0x75, 0x65, 0x75, 0x65, 0x64, 0x42, 0x75, 0x63, 0x6b, 0x65, 0x74, 0x73)
 	o = msgp.AppendArrayHeader(o, uint32(len(z.QueuedBuckets)))
@@ -585,6 +639,9 @@ func (z *healingTracker) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	// string "RetryAttempts"
 	o = append(o, 0xad, 0x52, 0x65, 0x74, 0x72, 0x79, 0x41, 0x74, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6d, 0x70, 0x74, 0x73)
 	o = msgp.AppendUint64(o, z.RetryAttempts)
+	// string "Finished"
+	o = append(o, 0xa8, 0x46, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x69, 0x73, 0x68, 0x65, 0x64)
+	o = msgp.AppendBool(o, z.Finished)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -714,6 +771,12 @@ func (z *healingTracker) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeItemsFailed")
 				return
 			}
+		case "ResumeItemsSkipped":
+			z.ResumeItemsSkipped, bts, err = msgp.ReadUint64Bytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeItemsSkipped")
+				return
+			}
 		case "ResumeBytesDone":
 			z.ResumeBytesDone, bts, err = msgp.ReadUint64Bytes(bts)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -726,6 +789,12 @@ func (z *healingTracker) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeBytesFailed")
 				return
 			}
+		case "ResumeBytesSkipped":
+			z.ResumeBytesSkipped, bts, err = msgp.ReadUint64Bytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ResumeBytesSkipped")
+				return
+			}
 		case "QueuedBuckets":
 			var zb0002 uint32
 			zb0002, bts, err = msgp.ReadArrayHeaderBytes(bts)
@@ -788,6 +857,12 @@ func (z *healingTracker) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "RetryAttempts")
 				return
 			}
+		case "Finished":
+			z.Finished, bts, err = msgp.ReadBoolBytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Finished")
+				return
+			}
 		default:
 			bts, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -802,7 +877,7 @@ func (z *healingTracker) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 
 // Msgsize returns an upper bound estimate of the number of bytes occupied by the serialized message
 func (z *healingTracker) Msgsize() (s int) {
-	s = 3 + 3 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.ID) + 10 + msgp.IntSize + 9 + msgp.IntSize + 10 + msgp.IntSize + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Path) + 9 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Endpoint) + 8 + msgp.TimeSize + 11 + msgp.TimeSize + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 17 + msgp.Uint64Size + 12 + msgp.Uint64Size + 12 + msgp.Uint64Size + 10 + msgp.Uint64Size + 12 + msgp.Uint64Size + 7 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Bucket) + 7 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Object) + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 16 + msgp.Uint64Size + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 14 + msgp.ArrayHeaderSize
+	s = 3 + 3 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.ID) + 10 + msgp.IntSize + 9 + msgp.IntSize + 10 + msgp.IntSize + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Path) + 9 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Endpoint) + 8 + msgp.TimeSize + 11 + msgp.TimeSize + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 17 + msgp.Uint64Size + 12 + msgp.Uint64Size + 12 + msgp.Uint64Size + 10 + msgp.Uint64Size + 12 + msgp.Uint64Size + 7 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Bucket) + 7 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Object) + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 19 + msgp.Uint64Size + 16 + msgp.Uint64Size + 18 + msgp.Uint64Size + 19 + msgp.Uint64Size + 14 + msgp.ArrayHeaderSize
 	for za0001 := range z.QueuedBuckets {
 		s += msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.QueuedBuckets[za0001])
 	}
@@ -810,6 +885,6 @@ func (z *healingTracker) Msgsize() (s int) {
 	for za0002 := range z.HealedBuckets {
 		s += msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.HealedBuckets[za0002])
 	}
-	s += 7 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.HealID) + 13 + msgp.Uint64Size + 13 + msgp.Uint64Size + 14 + msgp.Uint64Size
+	s += 7 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.HealID) + 13 + msgp.Uint64Size + 13 + msgp.Uint64Size + 14 + msgp.Uint64Size + 9 + msgp.BoolSize
 	return
 }
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index 253a5bdcb..2552f67d7 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -230,8 +230,11 @@ func (s *erasureSets) connectDisks(log bool) {
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if disk.IsLocal() && disk.Healing() != nil {
-				globalBackgroundHealState.pushHealLocalDisks(disk.Endpoint())
+			if disk.IsLocal() {
+				h := disk.Healing()
+				if h != nil && !h.Finished {
+					globalBackgroundHealState.pushHealLocalDisks(disk.Endpoint())
+				}
 			}
 			s.erasureDisksMu.Lock()
 			setIndex, diskIndex, err := findDiskIndex(s.format, format)
diff --git a/cmd/erasure.go b/cmd/erasure.go
index e78ce6ef4..1c20d010f 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure.go
@@ -203,11 +203,9 @@ func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []Endpoint, metrics bool) (disks
 			di.State = diskErrToDriveState(err)
 			di.FreeInodes = info.FreeInodes
 			di.UsedInodes = info.UsedInodes
-			if info.Healing {
-				if hi := disks[index].Healing(); hi != nil {
-					hd := hi.toHealingDisk()
-					di.HealInfo = &hd
-				}
+			if hi := disks[index].Healing(); hi != nil {
+				hd := hi.toHealingDisk()
+				di.HealInfo = &hd
 			}
 			di.Metrics = &madmin.DiskMetrics{
 				LastMinute:              make(map[string]madmin.TimedAction, len(info.Metrics.LastMinute)),
diff --git a/cmd/global-heal.go b/cmd/global-heal.go
index 10a8cc760..49449e190 100644
--- a/cmd/global-heal.go
+++ b/cmd/global-heal.go
@@ -227,7 +227,11 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 
 	// Collect updates to tracker from concurrent healEntry calls
 	results := make(chan healEntryResult, 1000)
-	defer close(results)
+	quitting := make(chan struct{})
+	defer func() {
+		close(results)
+		<-quitting
+	}()
 
 	go func() {
 		for res := range results {
@@ -241,6 +245,9 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 
 			tracker.updateProgress(res.success, res.skipped, res.bytes)
 		}
+
+		healingLogIf(ctx, tracker.update(ctx))
+		close(quitting)
 	}()
 
 	var retErr error
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index c75e94c15..9ae4a356b 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -341,7 +341,13 @@ func newXLStorage(ep Endpoint, cleanUp bool) (s *xlStorage, err error) {
 			// Healing is 'true' when
 			// - if we found an unformatted disk (no 'format.json')
 			// - if we found healing tracker 'healing.bin'
-			dcinfo.Healing = errors.Is(err, errUnformattedDisk) || (s.Healing() != nil)
+			dcinfo.Healing = errors.Is(err, errUnformattedDisk)
+			if !dcinfo.Healing {
+				if hi := s.Healing(); hi != nil && !hi.Finished {
+					dcinfo.Healing = true
+				}
+			}
+
 			dcinfo.ID = diskID
 			return dcinfo, err
 		},