diff --git a/erasure-createfile.go b/erasure-createfile.go
index 0733cbc30..c12f273b4 100644
--- a/erasure-createfile.go
+++ b/erasure-createfile.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // erasureCreateFile - writes an entire stream by erasure coding to
 // all the disks, writes also calculate individual block's checksum
 // for future bit-rot protection.
-func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName string, data io.Reader, eInfos []erasureInfo) (newEInfos []erasureInfo, err error) {
+func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName string, data io.Reader, eInfos []erasureInfo) (newEInfos []erasureInfo, size int64, err error) {
 	// Allocated blockSized buffer for reading.
 	buf := make([]byte, blockSizeV1)
 	hashWriters := newHashWriters(len(disks))
@@ -44,17 +44,18 @@ func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName
 			break
 		}
 		if err != nil && err != io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
 		}
+		size += int64(n)
 		var blocks [][]byte
 		// Returns encoded blocks.
 		blocks, err = encodeData(buf[:n], eInfo.DataBlocks, eInfo.ParityBlocks)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
 		}
 		err = appendFile(disks, volume, path, blocks, eInfo.Distribution, hashWriters)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, partName
 	}
 
 	// Return newEInfos.
-	return newEInfos, nil
+	return newEInfos, size, nil
 }
 
 // encodeData - encodes incoming data buffer into
diff --git a/xl-v1-multipart.go b/xl-v1-multipart.go
index ff02d3a41..7becbe7ad 100644
--- a/xl-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/xl-v1-multipart.go
@@ -337,11 +337,13 @@ func (xl xlObjects) putObjectPart(bucket string, object string, uploadID string,
 	}
 
 	// Erasure code data and write across all disks.
-	newEInfos, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath, partSuffix, teeReader, eInfos)
+	newEInfos, n, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath, partSuffix, teeReader, eInfos)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath)
 	}
-
+	if size == -1 {
+		size = n
+	}
 	// Calculate new md5sum.
 	newMD5Hex := hex.EncodeToString(md5Writer.Sum(nil))
 	if md5Hex != "" {
diff --git a/xl-v1-object.go b/xl-v1-object.go
index 526212385..da40ea52d 100644
--- a/xl-v1-object.go
+++ b/xl-v1-object.go
@@ -296,11 +296,13 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.
 	}
 
 	// Erasure code and write across all disks.
-	newEInfos, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, "object1", teeReader, eInfos)
+	newEInfos, n, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, "object1", teeReader, eInfos)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj)
 	}
-
+	if size == -1 {
+		size = n
+	}
 	// Save additional erasureMetadata.
 	modTime := time.Now().UTC()