diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go b/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
index 1d5c742d6..490051390 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing_test.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestHealObjectCorrupted(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Failure during deleting part.1 - %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = firstDisk.WriteAll(context.Background(), bucket, pathJoin(object, fi.DataDir, "part.1"), bytes.NewReader([]byte{}))
+	err = firstDisk.WriteAll(context.Background(), bucket, pathJoin(object, fi.DataDir, "part.1"), []byte{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failure during creating part.1 - %v", err)
 	}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestHealObjectCorrupted(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	bdata := bytes.Repeat([]byte("b"), int(nfi.Size))
-	err = firstDisk.WriteAll(context.Background(), bucket, pathJoin(object, fi.DataDir, "part.1"), bytes.NewReader(bdata))
+	err = firstDisk.WriteAll(context.Background(), bucket, pathJoin(object, fi.DataDir, "part.1"), bdata)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failure during creating part.1 - %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/format-erasure.go b/cmd/format-erasure.go
index 08d259425..5e96b20d0 100644
--- a/cmd/format-erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/format-erasure.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ func saveFormatErasure(disk StorageAPI, format *formatErasureV3, heal bool) erro
 	defer disk.Delete(context.TODO(), minioMetaBucket, tmpFormat, false)
 
 	// write to unique file.
-	if err = disk.WriteAll(context.TODO(), minioMetaBucket, tmpFormat, bytes.NewReader(formatBytes)); err != nil {
+	if err = disk.WriteAll(context.TODO(), minioMetaBucket, tmpFormat, formatBytes); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ func saveFormatErasure(disk StorageAPI, format *formatErasureV3, heal bool) erro
 		}
 		return disk.WriteAll(context.TODO(), minioMetaBucket,
 			pathJoin(bucketMetaPrefix, slashSeparator, healingTrackerFilename),
-			bytes.NewReader(htrackerBytes))
+			htrackerBytes)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go b/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go
index 2fd8a4783..3d1952509 100644
--- a/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go
+++ b/cmd/naughty-disk_test.go
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ func (d *naughtyDisk) ReadVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path, versionID s
 	return d.disk.ReadVersion(ctx, volume, path, versionID, checkDataDir)
 }
 
-func (d *naughtyDisk) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, reader io.Reader) (err error) {
+func (d *naughtyDisk) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b []byte) (err error) {
 	if err := d.calcError(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return d.disk.WriteAll(ctx, volume, path, reader)
+	return d.disk.WriteAll(ctx, volume, path, b)
 }
 
 func (d *naughtyDisk) ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) (buf []byte, err error) {
diff --git a/cmd/storage-interface.go b/cmd/storage-interface.go
index 3688ed4cb..65761c4e6 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-interface.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-interface.go
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ type StorageAPI interface {
 	VerifyFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) error
 
 	// Write all data, syncs the data to disk.
-	WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, reader io.Reader) (err error)
+	// Should be used for smaller payloads.
+	WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b []byte) (err error)
 
 	// Read all.
 	ReadAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string) (buf []byte, err error)
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index 8e20b3e8f..45284ee6a 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) DeleteVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path
 }
 
 // WriteAll - write all data to a file.
-func (client *storageRESTClient) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, reader io.Reader) error {
+func (client *storageRESTClient) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b []byte) error {
 	values := make(url.Values)
 	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
-	respBody, err := client.call(ctx, storageRESTMethodWriteAll, values, reader, -1)
+	respBody, err := client.call(ctx, storageRESTMethodWriteAll, values, bytes.NewBuffer(b), int64(len(b)))
 	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index 947411923..315ae7d45 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -384,8 +384,13 @@ func (s *storageRESTServer) WriteAllHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		s.writeErrorResponse(w, errInvalidArgument)
 		return
 	}
-
-	err := s.storage.WriteAll(r.Context(), volume, filePath, io.LimitReader(r.Body, r.ContentLength))
+	tmp := make([]byte, r.ContentLength)
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(r.Body, tmp)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	err = s.storage.WriteAll(r.Context(), volume, filePath, tmp)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
index 07ff52001..11975e885 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) VerifyFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path stri
 	return p.storage.VerifyFile(ctx, volume, path, fi)
 }
 
-func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, reader io.Reader) (err error) {
+func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b []byte) (err error) {
 	if err = p.checkDiskStale(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return p.storage.WriteAll(ctx, volume, path, reader)
+	return p.storage.WriteAll(ctx, volume, path, b)
 }
 
 func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) DeleteVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi FileInfo) (err error) {
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index 90d83992e..3d21ea8dc 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) DeleteVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi F
 	}
 
 	if !lastVersion {
-		return s.WriteAll(ctx, volume, pathJoin(path, xlStorageFormatFile), bytes.NewReader(buf))
+		return s.WriteAll(ctx, volume, pathJoin(path, xlStorageFormatFile), buf)
 	}
 
 	// Delete the meta file, if there are no more versions the
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) WriteMetadata(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi F
 		}
 	}
 
-	return s.WriteAll(ctx, volume, pathJoin(path, xlStorageFormatFile), bytes.NewReader(buf))
+	return s.WriteAll(ctx, volume, pathJoin(path, xlStorageFormatFile), buf)
 }
 
 func (s *xlStorage) renameLegacyMetadata(volume, path string) error {
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) CreateFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fileSiz
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *xlStorage) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, reader io.Reader) (err error) {
+func (s *xlStorage) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, b []byte) (err error) {
 	atomic.AddInt32(&s.activeIOCount, 1)
 	defer func() {
 		atomic.AddInt32(&s.activeIOCount, -1)
@@ -1873,12 +1873,14 @@ func (s *xlStorage) WriteAll(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, re
 	}
 
 	defer w.Close()
-
-	bufp := s.pool.Get().(*[]byte)
-	defer s.pool.Put(bufp)
-
-	_, err = io.CopyBuffer(w, reader, *bufp)
-	return err
+	n, err := w.Write(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if n != len(b) {
+		return io.ErrShortWrite
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // AppendFile - append a byte array at path, if file doesn't exist at
@@ -2311,7 +2313,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcPath, dataDir,
 		return errFileCorrupt
 	}
 
-	if err = s.WriteAll(ctx, srcVolume, pathJoin(srcPath, xlStorageFormatFile), bytes.NewReader(dstBuf)); err != nil {
+	if err = s.WriteAll(ctx, srcVolume, pathJoin(srcPath, xlStorageFormatFile), dstBuf); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage_test.go b/cmd/xl-storage_test.go
index 5ab1317fa..29a129122 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage_test.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage_test.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func newXLStorageTestSetup() (*xlStorageDiskIDCheck, string, error) {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
 	// Create a sample format.json file
-	err = storage.WriteAll(context.Background(), minioMetaBucket, formatConfigFile, bytes.NewBufferString(`{"version":"1","format":"xl","id":"592a41c2-b7cc-4130-b883-c4b5cb15965b","xl":{"version":"3","this":"da017d62-70e3-45f1-8a1a-587707e69ad1","sets":[["e07285a6-8c73-4962-89c6-047fb939f803","33b8d431-482d-4376-b63c-626d229f0a29","cff6513a-4439-4dc1-bcaa-56c9e880c352","da017d62-70e3-45f1-8a1a-587707e69ad1","9c9f21d5-1f15-4737-bce6-835faa0d9626","0a59b346-1424-4fc2-9fa2-a2e80541d0c1","7924a3dc-b69a-4971-9a2e-014966d6aebb","4d2b8dd9-4e48-444b-bdca-c89194b26042"]],"distributionAlgo":"CRCMOD"}}`))
+	err = storage.WriteAll(context.Background(), minioMetaBucket, formatConfigFile, []byte(`{"version":"1","format":"xl","id":"592a41c2-b7cc-4130-b883-c4b5cb15965b","xl":{"version":"3","this":"da017d62-70e3-45f1-8a1a-587707e69ad1","sets":[["e07285a6-8c73-4962-89c6-047fb939f803","33b8d431-482d-4376-b63c-626d229f0a29","cff6513a-4439-4dc1-bcaa-56c9e880c352","da017d62-70e3-45f1-8a1a-587707e69ad1","9c9f21d5-1f15-4737-bce6-835faa0d9626","0a59b346-1424-4fc2-9fa2-a2e80541d0c1","7924a3dc-b69a-4971-9a2e-014966d6aebb","4d2b8dd9-4e48-444b-bdca-c89194b26042"]],"distributionAlgo":"CRCMOD"}}`))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ func TestXLStorageVerifyFile(t *testing.T) {
 	h := algo.New()
 	h.Write(data)
 	hashBytes := h.Sum(nil)
-	if err := xlStorage.WriteAll(context.Background(), volName, fileName, bytes.NewBuffer(data)); err != nil {
+	if err := xlStorage.WriteAll(context.Background(), volName, fileName, data); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if err := xlStorage.storage.bitrotVerify(pathJoin(path, volName, fileName), size, algo, hashBytes, 0); err != nil {