diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index d92bdc074..6da7e6091 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID str
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !skipAccessChecks(volume) && !opts.Healing && fi.TransitionStatus == "" && !fi.InlineData() && len(fi.Data) == 0 && fi.DataDir != "" && fi.DataDir != emptyUUID {
+	if !skipAccessChecks(volume) && !opts.Healing && fi.TransitionStatus == "" && !fi.InlineData() && len(fi.Data) == 0 && fi.DataDir != "" && fi.DataDir != emptyUUID && fi.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() {
 		// Verify if the dataDir is present or not when the data
 		// is not inlined to make sure we return correct errors
 		// during HeadObject().
diff --git a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-ldap.sh b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-ldap.sh
index e42e809b2..df1b84bd9 100755
--- a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-ldap.sh
+++ b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-ldap.sh
@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${actual_checksum}" ]; then
 fi
 rm ./lrgfile
 
+./mc rm -r --versions --force minio1/newbucket/lrgfile
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "expected object to be present, exiting.."
+	exit_1
+fi
+
+sleep 5
+./mc stat minio1/newbucket/lrgfile
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "expected object to be deleted permanently after replication, exiting.."
+	exit_1
+fi
+
 vID=$(./mc stat minio2/newbucket/README.md --json | jq .versionID)
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "expecting object to be present. exiting.."
diff --git a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh
index d75d450ed..eccfeacf4 100755
--- a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh
+++ b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-minio-idp.sh
@@ -229,6 +229,19 @@ if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${actual_checksum}" ]; then
 fi
 rm ./lrgfile
 
+./mc rm -r --versions --force minio1/newbucket/lrgfile
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "expected object to be present, exiting.."
+	exit_1
+fi
+
+sleep 5
+./mc stat minio1/newbucket/lrgfile
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "expected object to be deleted permanently after replication, exiting.."
+	exit_1
+fi
+
 vID=$(./mc stat minio2/newbucket/README.md --json | jq .versionID)
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "expecting object to be present. exiting.."
diff --git a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-oidc.sh b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-oidc.sh
index 2e537a603..2add4695b 100755
--- a/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-oidc.sh
+++ b/docs/site-replication/run-multi-site-oidc.sh
@@ -229,6 +229,19 @@ if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${actual_checksum}" ]; then
 fi
 rm ./lrgfile
 
+./mc rm -r --versions --force minio1/newbucket/lrgfile
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "expected object to be present, exiting.."
+	exit_1
+fi
+
+sleep 5
+./mc stat minio1/newbucket/lrgfile
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "expected object to be deleted permanently after replication, exiting.."
+	exit_1
+fi
+
 ./mc mb --with-lock minio3/newbucket-olock
 sleep 5