response, err = s.client.Get(getGetObjectURL(s.endPoint, bucketName, objectName+".1"))
	c.Assert(err, nil)
	// assert the http response status code.
	verifyError(c, response, "AccessDenied", "Access Denied.", http.StatusForbidden)

	// initiate anonymous HTTP request to fetch the object which does exist. We need to return AccessDenied.
	response, err = s.client.Get(getGetObjectURL(s.endPoint, bucketName, objectName))

	nilBucket := "dummy-bucket"
	nilObject := "dummy-object"
	nilReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodHead, getGetObjectURL("", nilBucket, nilObject),
		0, nil, "", "", nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("MinIO %s: Failed to create HTTP request for testing the response when object Layer is set to `nil`.", instanceType)
	}