diff --git a/cmd/erasure-multipart.go b/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
index 45162fe94..18d04e19e 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
@@ -267,10 +267,9 @@ func (er erasureObjects) newMultipartUpload(ctx context.Context, bucket string,
 
 	fi.DataDir = mustGetUUID()
 	fi.ModTime = UTCNow()
-	if opts.UserDefined != nil {
-		fi.Metadata = opts.UserDefined
-	} else {
-		fi.Metadata = make(map[string]string)
+	fi.Metadata = map[string]string{}
+	for k, v := range opts.UserDefined {
+		fi.Metadata[k] = v
 	}
 
 	uploadID := mustGetUUID()
@@ -543,7 +542,10 @@ func (er erasureObjects) GetMultipartInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, u
 		return result, err
 	}
 
-	result.UserDefined = fi.Metadata
+	result.UserDefined = map[string]string{}
+	for k, v := range fi.Metadata {
+		result.UserDefined[k] = v
+	}
 	return result, nil
 }
 
@@ -591,7 +593,10 @@ func (er erasureObjects) ListObjectParts(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, up
 	result.UploadID = uploadID
 	result.MaxParts = maxParts
 	result.PartNumberMarker = partNumberMarker
-	result.UserDefined = fi.Metadata
+	result.UserDefined = map[string]string{}
+	for k, v := range fi.Metadata {
+		result.UserDefined[k] = v
+	}
 
 	// For empty number of parts or maxParts as zero, return right here.
 	if len(fi.Parts) == 0 || maxParts == 0 {
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index d507cf916..aa9f420d6 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -635,7 +635,10 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, srcBucket, srcObject, dstBu
 			fsMeta = fs.defaultFsJSON(srcObject)
 		}
 
-		fsMeta.Meta = srcInfo.UserDefined
+		fsMeta.Meta = map[string]string{}
+		for k, v := range srcInfo.UserDefined {
+			fsMeta.Meta[k] = v
+		}
 		fsMeta.Meta["etag"] = srcInfo.ETag
 		if _, err = fsMeta.WriteTo(wlk); err != nil {
 			return oi, toObjectErr(err, srcBucket, srcObject)
@@ -885,10 +888,10 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, offse
 // Create a new fs.json file, if the existing one is corrupt. Should happen very rarely.
 func (fs *FSObjects) createFsJSON(object, fsMetaPath string) error {
 	fsMeta := newFSMetaV1()
-	fsMeta.Meta = make(map[string]string)
-	fsMeta.Meta["etag"] = GenETag()
-	contentType := mimedb.TypeByExtension(path.Ext(object))
-	fsMeta.Meta["content-type"] = contentType
+	fsMeta.Meta = map[string]string{
+		"etag":         GenETag(),
+		"content-type": mimedb.TypeByExtension(path.Ext(object)),
+	}
 	wlk, werr := fs.rwPool.Create(fsMetaPath)
 	if werr == nil {
 		_, err := fsMeta.WriteTo(wlk)
@@ -901,10 +904,10 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) createFsJSON(object, fsMetaPath string) error {
 // Used to return default etag values when a pre-existing object's meta data is queried.
 func (fs *FSObjects) defaultFsJSON(object string) fsMetaV1 {
 	fsMeta := newFSMetaV1()
-	fsMeta.Meta = make(map[string]string)
-	fsMeta.Meta["etag"] = defaultEtag
-	contentType := mimedb.TypeByExtension(path.Ext(object))
-	fsMeta.Meta["content-type"] = contentType
+	fsMeta.Meta = map[string]string{
+		"etag":         defaultEtag,
+		"content-type": mimedb.TypeByExtension(path.Ext(object)),
+	}
 	return fsMeta
 }