diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index afa57c4cc..fd17bca31 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -788,13 +788,15 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		length = actualSize
 	}
 
+	var compressMetadata map[string]string
 	// No need to compress for remote etcd calls
 	// Pass the decompressed stream to such calls.
 	isCompressed := objectAPI.IsCompressionSupported() && isCompressible(r.Header, srcObject) && !isRemoteCallRequired(ctx, srcBucket, dstBucket, objectAPI)
 	if isCompressed {
-		// Storing the compression metadata.
-		srcInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"] = compressionAlgorithmV1
-		srcInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"actual-size"] = strconv.FormatInt(actualSize, 10)
+		compressMetadata = make(map[string]string, 2)
+		// Preserving the compression metadata.
+		compressMetadata[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"] = compressionAlgorithmV1
+		compressMetadata[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"actual-size"] = strconv.FormatInt(actualSize, 10)
 		// Remove all source encrypted related metadata to
 		// avoid copying them in target object.
 		crypto.RemoveInternalEntries(srcInfo.UserDefined)
@@ -937,6 +939,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Store the preserved compression metadata.
+	for k, v := range compressMetadata {
+		srcInfo.UserDefined[k] = v
+	}
+
 	// We need to preserve the encryption headers set in EncryptRequest,
 	// so we do not want to override them, copy them instead.
 	for k, v := range encMetadata {