// Check if new heal sequence to be started overlaps with any
	// existing, running sequence
	hpath := pathJoin(h.bucket, h.object)
	for k, hSeq := range ahs.healSeqMap {
		if !hSeq.hasEnded() && (HasPrefix(k, hpath) || HasPrefix(hpath, k)) {
			errMsg = "The provided heal sequence path overlaps with an existing " +
				fmt.Sprintf("heal path: %s", k)
			return nil, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrHealOverlappingPaths), errMsg
		}
	}