diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 4646d491b..035fa456c 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ func (er erasureObjects) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, srcBucket, srcObject, d
 	if err != nil {
 		return oi, toObjectErr(err, srcBucket, srcObject)
 	}
+	if err := checkObjectGenerationQuorum(fi, metaArr, errs); err != nil {
+		return oi, toObjectErr(err, srcBucket, srcObject)
+	}
 	if fi.Deleted {
 		if srcOpts.VersionID == "" {
 			return oi, toObjectErr(errFileNotFound, srcBucket, srcObject)
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-read-generation_test.go b/cmd/erasure-read-generation_test.go
index 5a2ee2ea4..33cb2b1bd 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-read-generation_test.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-read-generation_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ func TestPoolsReadGenerationConflictDoesNotExposeOldValue(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			if tc.mode != "newer-quorum" {
 				for _, version := range []string{"", nullVersionID} {
+					_, err := set.CopyObject(ctx, bucket, object, bucket, object,
+						ObjectInfo{metadataOnly: true, UserDefined: map[string]string{"copy-test": "conflicting-source"}},
+						ObjectOptions{VersionID: version}, ObjectOptions{})
+					if !isErrReadQuorum(err) {
+						t.Errorf("COPY-to-self version=%q: want read-quorum error, got %v", version, err)
+					}
 					for _, scan := range []madmin.HealScanMode{madmin.HealNormalScan, madmin.HealDeepScan} {
 						_, err := set.HealObject(ctx, bucket, object, version, madmin.HealOpts{ScanMode: scan, Remove: true})
 						if !isErrReadQuorum(err) {