diff --git a/backend/src/v2/objectstore/object_store.go b/backend/src/v2/objectstore/object_store.go
index 1e3369c67d0e..5c4bec7ac7d0 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/objectstore/object_store.go
+++ b/backend/src/v2/objectstore/object_store.go
@@ -359,13 +359,23 @@ func createBucketSession(ctx context.Context, namespace string, sessionInfo *Ses
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	sess, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
-		Credentials:      creds,
-		Region:           aws.String(sessionInfo.Region),
-		Endpoint:         aws.String(sessionInfo.Endpoint),
-		DisableSSL:       aws.Bool(sessionInfo.DisableSSL),
-		S3ForcePathStyle: aws.Bool(true),
-	})
+	config := &aws.Config{}
+	config.Credentials = creds
+	config.Region = aws.String(sessionInfo.Region)
+	config.DisableSSL = aws.Bool(sessionInfo.DisableSSL)
+	config.S3ForcePathStyle = aws.Bool(true)
+	// AWS Specific:
+	// Path-style S3 endpoints, which are commonly used, may fall into either of two subdomains:
+	// 1) s3.amazonaws.com
+	// 2) s3.<AWS Region>.amazonaws.com
+	// for (1) the endpoint is not required, thus we skip it, otherwise the writer will fail to close due to region mismatch.
+	// https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/infrastructure-and-automation/best-practices-for-using-amazon-s3-endpoints-in-aws-cloudformation-templates/
+	// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/api/aws/session/
+	if strings.ToLower(sessionInfo.Endpoint) != "https://s3.amazonaws.com" || strings.ToLower(sessionInfo.Endpoint) != "http://s3.amazonaws.com" {
+		config.Endpoint = aws.String(sessionInfo.Endpoint)
+	}
+	glog.Infof("%s is the current session endpoint", sessionInfo.Endpoint)
+	sess, err := session.NewSession(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create session to access minio: %v", err)
 	}