s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
		return false
	}

	diskID := r.Form.Get(storageRESTDiskID)
	if diskID == "" {
		// Request sent empty disk-id, we allow the request
		// as the peer might be coming up and trying to read format.json
		// or create format.json
		return true
	}

	storedDiskID, err := s.getStorage().GetDiskID()
	if err != nil {
		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
		return false
	}