diff --git a/cmd/bucket-replication.go b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
index 5cacdb710..7e3fd6ac3 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ func replicateObject(ctx context.Context, objInfo ObjectInfo, objectAPI ObjectLa
 		}
 	}
 	replicationStatus := replication.Completed
+	// use core client to avoid doing multipart on PUT
+	c := &miniogo.Core{Client: tgt.Client}
 	if rtype != replicateAll {
 		// replicate metadata for object tagging/copy with metadata replacement
 		srcOpts := miniogo.CopySrcOptions{
@@ -652,8 +654,6 @@ func replicateObject(ctx context.Context, objInfo ObjectInfo, objectAPI ObjectLa
 			Object:    object,
 			VersionID: objInfo.VersionID}
 		dstOpts := miniogo.PutObjectOptions{Internal: miniogo.AdvancedPutOptions{SourceVersionID: objInfo.VersionID}}
-		c := &miniogo.Core{Client: tgt.Client}
-
 		if _, err = c.CopyObject(ctx, dest.Bucket, object, dest.Bucket, object, getCopyObjMetadata(objInfo, dest), srcOpts, dstOpts); err != nil {
 			replicationStatus = replication.Failed
 			logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unable to replicate metadata for object %s/%s(%s): %s", bucket, objInfo.Name, objInfo.VersionID, err))
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ func replicateObject(ctx context.Context, objInfo ObjectInfo, objectAPI ObjectLa
 
 		// r takes over closing gr.
 		r := bandwidth.NewMonitoredReader(ctx, globalBucketMonitor, objInfo.Bucket, objInfo.Name, gr, headerSize, b, target.BandwidthLimit)
-		if _, err = tgt.PutObject(ctx, dest.Bucket, object, r, size, putOpts); err != nil {
+		if _, err = c.PutObject(ctx, dest.Bucket, object, r, size, "", "", putOpts); err != nil {
 			replicationStatus = replication.Failed
 			logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unable to replicate for object %s/%s(%s): %w", bucket, objInfo.Name, objInfo.VersionID, err))
 		}