diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e9864791b..01b3efcc7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ test: verifiers build ## builds minio, runs linters, tests
 test-decom: install
 	@echo "Running minio decom tests"
 	@env bash $(PWD)/docs/distributed/decom.sh
+	@env bash $(PWD)/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted.sh
+	@env bash $(PWD)/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted-sse-s3.sh
 
 test-upgrade: build
 	@echo "Running minio upgrade tests"
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-multipart.go b/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
index 3d537fa4d..2d2ef6e31 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-multipart.go
@@ -658,6 +658,9 @@ func (er erasureObjects) PutObjectPart(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uplo
 	fi.ModTime = UTCNow()
 
 	md5hex := r.MD5CurrentHexString()
+	if opts.PreserveETag != "" {
+		md5hex = opts.PreserveETag
+	}
 	var index []byte
 	if opts.IndexCB != nil {
 		index = opts.IndexCB()
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index a84d76d4e..3d427d1af 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -1099,8 +1099,12 @@ func (er erasureObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object st
 			Hash:       bitrotWriterSum(w),
 		})
 	}
+
 	if userDefined["etag"] == "" {
 		userDefined["etag"] = r.MD5CurrentHexString()
+		if opts.PreserveETag != "" {
+			userDefined["etag"] = opts.PreserveETag
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Guess content-type from the extension if possible.
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
index 3c515e8fb..94558b442 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-decom.go
@@ -581,6 +581,11 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionObject(ctx context.Context, bucket stri
 		auditLogDecom(ctx, "DecomCopyData", objInfo.Bucket, objInfo.Name, objInfo.VersionID, err)
 	}()
 
+	actualSize, err := objInfo.GetActualSize()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if objInfo.isMultipart() {
 		uploadID, err := z.NewMultipartUpload(ctx, bucket, objInfo.Name, ObjectOptions{
 			VersionID:   objInfo.VersionID,
@@ -593,14 +598,19 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionObject(ctx context.Context, bucket stri
 		defer z.AbortMultipartUpload(ctx, bucket, objInfo.Name, uploadID, ObjectOptions{})
 		parts := make([]CompletePart, len(objInfo.Parts))
 		for i, part := range objInfo.Parts {
-			hr, err := hash.NewReader(gr, part.Size, "", "", part.Size)
+			hr, err := hash.NewReader(gr, part.Size, "", "", part.ActualSize)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("decommissionObject: hash.NewReader() %w", err)
 			}
 			pi, err := z.PutObjectPart(ctx, bucket, objInfo.Name, uploadID,
 				part.Number,
 				NewPutObjReader(hr),
-				ObjectOptions{})
+				ObjectOptions{
+					PreserveETag: part.ETag, // Preserve original ETag to ensure same metadata.
+					IndexCB: func() []byte {
+						return part.Index // Preserve part Index to ensure decompression works.
+					},
+				})
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("decommissionObject: PutObjectPart() %w", err)
 			}
@@ -617,7 +627,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionObject(ctx context.Context, bucket stri
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-	hr, err := hash.NewReader(gr, objInfo.Size, "", "", objInfo.Size)
+
+	hr, err := hash.NewReader(gr, objInfo.Size, "", "", actualSize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("decommissionObject: hash.NewReader() %w", err)
 	}
@@ -626,9 +637,13 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionObject(ctx context.Context, bucket stri
 		objInfo.Name,
 		NewPutObjReader(hr),
 		ObjectOptions{
-			VersionID:   objInfo.VersionID,
-			MTime:       objInfo.ModTime,
-			UserDefined: objInfo.UserDefined,
+			VersionID:    objInfo.VersionID,
+			MTime:        objInfo.ModTime,
+			UserDefined:  objInfo.UserDefined,
+			PreserveETag: objInfo.ETag, // Preserve original ETag to ensure same metadata.
+			IndexCB: func() []byte {
+				return objInfo.Parts[0].Index // Preserve part Index to ensure decompression works.
+			},
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("decommissionObject: PutObject() %w", err)
@@ -741,11 +756,12 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 						bi.Name,
 						version.Name,
 						ObjectOptions{
-							Versioned:         vc.PrefixEnabled(version.Name),
-							VersionID:         version.VersionID,
-							MTime:             version.ModTime,
-							DeleteReplication: version.ReplicationState,
-							DeleteMarker:      true, // make sure we create a delete marker
+							Versioned:          vc.PrefixEnabled(version.Name),
+							VersionID:          version.VersionID,
+							MTime:              version.ModTime,
+							DeleteReplication:  version.ReplicationState,
+							DeleteMarker:       true, // make sure we create a delete marker
+							SkipDecommissioned: true, // make sure we skip the decommissioned pool
 						})
 					var failure bool
 					if err != nil {
@@ -772,7 +788,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) decommissionPool(ctx context.Context, idx int, pool
 						http.Header{},
 						noLock, // all mutations are blocked reads are safe without locks.
 						ObjectOptions{
-							VersionID: version.VersionID,
+							VersionID:    version.VersionID,
+							NoDecryption: true,
 						})
 					if isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
 						// object deleted by the application, nothing to do here we move on.
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index e427e8c3b..a38a0703d 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -427,8 +427,9 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx context.Context, buc
 	})
 
 	for _, pinfo := range poolObjInfos {
-		// skip all objects from suspended pools for mutating calls.
-		if z.IsSuspended(pinfo.PoolIndex) && opts.Mutate {
+		// skip all objects from suspended pools if asked by the
+		// caller.
+		if z.IsSuspended(pinfo.PoolIndex) && opts.SkipDecommissioned {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -461,8 +462,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx context.Context, buc
 // The check is skipped if there is only one pool, and 0, nil is always returned in that case.
 func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdxExistingNoLock(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string) (idx int, err error) {
 	return z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, ObjectOptions{
-		NoLock: true,
-		Mutate: true,
+		NoLock:             true,
+		SkipDecommissioned: true,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdxNoLock(ctx context.Context, bucket, objec
 // if none are found falls back to most available space pool, this function is
 // designed to be only used by PutObject, CopyObject (newObject creation) and NewMultipartUpload.
 func (z *erasureServerPools) getPoolIdx(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, size int64) (idx int, err error) {
-	idx, err = z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, ObjectOptions{Mutate: true})
+	idx, err = z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, ObjectOptions{SkipDecommissioned: true})
 	if err != nil && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
 		return idx, err
 	}
@@ -2275,7 +2276,6 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) GetObjectTags(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 		return z.serverPools[0].GetObjectTags(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	}
 
-	opts.Mutate = false
 	idx, err := z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -2291,7 +2291,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) TransitionObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, objec
 		return z.serverPools[0].TransitionObject(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	}
 
-	opts.Mutate = true // Avoid transitioning an object from a pool being decommissioned.
+	// Avoid transitioning an object from a pool being decommissioned.
+	opts.SkipDecommissioned = true
 	idx, err := z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -2307,7 +2308,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) RestoreTransitionedObject(ctx context.Context, buck
 		return z.serverPools[0].RestoreTransitionedObject(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	}
 
-	opts.Mutate = true // Avoid restoring object from a pool being decommissioned.
+	// Avoid restoring object from a pool being decommissioned.
+	opts.SkipDecommissioned = true
 	idx, err := z.getPoolIdxExistingWithOpts(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-interface.go b/cmd/object-api-interface.go
index 1eff08e48..08abbca2e 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-interface.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-interface.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type ObjectOptions struct {
 	Transition        TransitionOptions
 	Expiration        ExpirationOptions
 
+	NoDecryption                        bool      // indicates if the stream must be decrypted.
+	PreserveETag                        string    // preserves this etag during a PUT call.
 	NoLock                              bool      // indicates to lower layers if the caller is expecting to hold locks.
 	ProxyRequest                        bool      // only set for GET/HEAD in active-active replication scenario
 	ProxyHeaderSet                      bool      // only set for GET/HEAD in active-active replication scenario
@@ -73,10 +75,11 @@ type ObjectOptions struct {
 	// Use the maximum parity (N/2), used when saving server configuration files
 	MaxParity bool
 
-	// Mutate set to 'true' if the call is namespace mutation call
-	Mutate        bool
-	WalkAscending bool // return Walk results in ascending order of versions
+	// SkipDecommissioned set to 'true' if the call requires skipping the pool being decommissioned.
+	// mainly set for certain WRITE operations.
+	SkipDecommissioned bool
 
+	WalkAscending   bool                     // return Walk results in ascending order of versions
 	PrefixEnabledFn func(prefix string) bool // function which returns true if versioning is enabled on prefix
 
 	// IndexCB will return any index created but the compression.
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-options.go b/cmd/object-api-options.go
index 3d9ae61b4..cb75c890d 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-options.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-options.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func getDefaultOpts(header http.Header, copySource bool, metadata map[string]str
 	if _, ok := header[xhttp.MinIOSourceReplicationRequest]; ok {
 		opts.ReplicationRequest = true
 	}
+	opts.Speedtest = header.Get(globalObjectPerfUserMetadata) != ""
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils.go b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
index 491f46741..590ad1aaf 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
@@ -646,8 +646,9 @@ func NewGetObjectReader(rs *HTTPRangeSpec, oi ObjectInfo, opts ObjectOptions) (
 		return nil, 0, 0, err
 	}
 
-	// if object is encrypted and it is a restore request, fetch content without decrypting.
-	if opts.Transition.RestoreRequest != nil {
+	// if object is encrypted and it is a restore request or if NoDecryption
+	// was requested, fetch content without decrypting.
+	if opts.Transition.RestoreRequest != nil || opts.NoDecryption {
 		isEncrypted = false
 		isCompressed = false
 	}
diff --git a/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted-sse-s3.sh b/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted-sse-s3.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b565527b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted-sse-s3.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -n "$TEST_DEBUG" ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+pkill minio
+rm -rf /tmp/xl
+
+if [ ! -f ./mc ]; then
+    wget --quiet -O mc https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && \
+	chmod +x mc
+fi
+
+export CI=true
+export MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY=my-minio-key:OSMM+vkKUTCvQs9YL/CVMIMt43HFhkUpqJxTmGl6rYw=
+export MC_HOST_myminio="http://minioadmin:minioadmin@localhost:9000/"
+
+(minio server /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1} 2>&1 >/dev/null)&
+pid=$!
+
+sleep 2
+
+./mc admin user add myminio/ minio123 minio123
+./mc admin user add myminio/ minio12345 minio12345
+
+./mc admin policy add myminio/ rw ./docs/distributed/rw.json
+./mc admin policy add myminio/ lake ./docs/distributed/rw.json
+
+./mc admin policy set myminio/ rw user=minio123
+./mc admin policy set myminio/ lake,rw user=minio12345
+
+./mc mb -l myminio/versioned
+
+./mc encrypt set sse-s3 myminio/versioned
+
+./mc mirror internal myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
+
+## Soft delete (creates delete markers)
+./mc rm -r --force myminio/versioned >/dev/null
+
+## mirror again to create another set of version on top
+./mc mirror internal myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
+
+expected_checksum=$(./mc cat internal/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+
+user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
+policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
+
+kill $pid
+
+(minio server /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1} /tmp/xl/{11...30}/disk{0...3} 2>&1 >/tmp/expanded.log) &
+pid=$!
+
+sleep 2
+
+expanded_user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
+expanded_policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
+
+if [ $user_count -ne $expanded_user_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original user count differs from expanded setup"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $policy_count -ne $expanded_policy_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original policy count  differs from expanded setup"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc version info myminio/versioned | grep -q "versioning is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "expected versioning enabled after expansion"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc encrypt info myminio/versioned | grep -q "Auto encryption 'sse-s3' is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "expected encryption enabled after expansion"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc mirror cmd myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
+
+./mc ls -r myminio/versioned/ > expanded_ns.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions myminio/versioned/ > expanded_ns_versions.txt
+
+./mc admin decom start myminio/ /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1}
+
+until $(./mc admin decom status myminio/ | grep -q Complete)
+do
+    echo "waiting for decom to finish..."
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+kill $pid
+
+(minio server /tmp/xl/{11...30}/disk{0...3} 2>&1 >/tmp/removed.log)&
+pid=$!
+
+sleep 2
+
+decom_user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
+decom_policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
+
+if [ $user_count -ne $decom_user_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original user count differs after decommission"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $policy_count -ne $decom_policy_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original policy count differs after decommission"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc version info myminio/versioned | grep -q "versioning is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected versioning enabled after decommission"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc encrypt info myminio/versioned | grep -q "Auto encryption 'sse-s3' is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected encryption enabled after expansion"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+got_checksum=$(./mc cat myminio/versioned/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${got_checksum}" ]; then
+    echo "BUG: decommission failed on encrypted objects: expected ${expected_checksum} got ${got_checksum}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc ls -r myminio/versioned > decommissioned_ns.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions myminio/versioned > decommissioned_ns_versions.txt
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN expanded_ns.txt decommissioned_ns.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN expanded_ns_versions.txt decommissioned_ns_versions.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+kill $pid
diff --git a/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted.sh b/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd499bc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/distributed/decom-encrypted.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -n "$TEST_DEBUG" ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+pkill minio
+rm -rf /tmp/xl
+
+if [ ! -f ./mc ]; then
+    wget --quiet -O mc https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && \
+	chmod +x mc
+fi
+
+export CI=true
+export MINIO_KMS_AUTO_ENCRYPTION=on
+export MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY=my-minio-key:OSMM+vkKUTCvQs9YL/CVMIMt43HFhkUpqJxTmGl6rYw=
+
+(minio server /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1} 2>&1 >/dev/null)&
+pid=$!
+
+sleep 2
+
+export MC_HOST_myminio="http://minioadmin:minioadmin@localhost:9000/"
+
+./mc admin user add myminio/ minio123 minio123
+./mc admin user add myminio/ minio12345 minio12345
+
+./mc admin policy add myminio/ rw ./docs/distributed/rw.json
+./mc admin policy add myminio/ lake ./docs/distributed/rw.json
+
+./mc admin policy set myminio/ rw user=minio123
+./mc admin policy set myminio/ lake,rw user=minio12345
+
+./mc mb -l myminio/versioned
+
+./mc mirror internal myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
+
+## Soft delete (creates delete markers)
+./mc rm -r --force myminio/versioned >/dev/null
+
+## mirror again to create another set of version on top
+./mc mirror internal myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
+
+expected_checksum=$(./mc cat internal/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+
+user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
+policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
+
+kill $pid
+(minio server /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1} /tmp/xl/{11...30}/disk{0...3} 2>&1 >/tmp/expanded.log) &
+pid=$!
+
+sleep 2
+
+expanded_user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
+expanded_policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
+
+if [ $user_count -ne $expanded_user_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original user count differs from expanded setup"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $policy_count -ne $expanded_policy_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original policy count  differs from expanded setup"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc version info myminio/versioned | grep -q "versioning is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "expected versioning enabled after expansion"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc mirror cmd myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
+
+./mc ls -r myminio/versioned/ > expanded_ns.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions myminio/versioned/ > expanded_ns_versions.txt
+
+./mc admin decom start myminio/ /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1}
+
+until $(./mc admin decom status myminio/ | grep -q Complete)
+do
+    echo "waiting for decom to finish..."
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+kill $pid
+
+(minio server /tmp/xl/{11...30}/disk{0...3} 2>&1 >/dev/null)&
+pid=$!
+
+sleep 2
+
+decom_user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
+decom_policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
+
+if [ $user_count -ne $decom_user_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original user count differs after decommission"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $policy_count -ne $decom_policy_count ]; then
+    echo "BUG: original policy count differs after decommission"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc version info myminio/versioned | grep -q "versioning is enabled"
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected versioning enabled after decommission"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+./mc ls -r myminio/versioned > decommissioned_ns.txt
+./mc ls -r --versions myminio/versioned > decommissioned_ns_versions.txt
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN expanded_ns.txt decommissioned_ns.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+out=$(diff -qpruN expanded_ns_versions.txt decommissioned_ns_versions.txt)
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+got_checksum=$(./mc cat myminio/versioned/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${got_checksum}" ]; then
+    echo "BUG: decommission failed on encrypted objects: expected ${expected_checksum} got ${got_checksum}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+kill $pid
diff --git a/docs/distributed/decom.sh b/docs/distributed/decom.sh
index 97ff00594..75f1ff23a 100755
--- a/docs/distributed/decom.sh
+++ b/docs/distributed/decom.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ -n "$DEBUG" ]; then
+if [ -n "$TEST_DEBUG" ]; then
     set -x
 fi
 
 pkill minio
 rm -rf /tmp/xl
 
-wget --quiet -O mc https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && \
-    chmod +x mc
+if [ ! -f ./mc ]; then
+    wget --quiet -O mc https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && \
+	chmod +x mc
+fi
 
 export CI=true
+
 (minio server /tmp/xl/{1...10}/disk{0...1} 2>&1 >/dev/null)&
 pid=$!
 
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ export MC_HOST_myminio="http://minioadmin:minioadmin@localhost:9000/"
 ## mirror again to create another set of version on top
 ./mc mirror internal myminio/versioned/ --quiet >/dev/null
 
+expected_checksum=$(./mc cat internal/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+
 user_count=$(./mc admin user list myminio/ | wc -l)
 policy_count=$(./mc admin policy list myminio/ | wc -l)
 
@@ -113,12 +118,20 @@ out=$(diff -qpruN expanded_ns.txt decommissioned_ns.txt)
 ret=$?
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission: $out"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 out=$(diff -qpruN expanded_ns_versions.txt decommissioned_ns_versions.txt)
 ret=$?
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "BUG: expected no missing entries after decommission: $out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+got_checksum=$(./mc cat myminio/versioned/dsync/drwmutex.go | md5sum)
+if [ "${expected_checksum}" != "${got_checksum}" ]; then
+    echo "BUG: decommission failed on encrypted objects: expected ${expected_checksum} got ${got_checksum}"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 kill $pid