diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index 04976f3df..4eebd7fc4 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -1047,11 +1047,13 @@ func (s *erasureSets) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, srcBucket, srcObject, dstB
 		// Version ID is set for the destination and source == destination version ID.
 		// perform an in-place update.
 		if dstOpts.VersionID != "" && srcOpts.VersionID == dstOpts.VersionID {
+			srcInfo.Reader.Close() // We are not interested in the reader stream at this point close it.
 			return srcSet.CopyObject(ctx, srcBucket, srcObject, dstBucket, dstObject, srcInfo, srcOpts, dstOpts)
 		}
 		// Destination is not versioned and source version ID is empty
 		// perform an in-place update.
 		if !dstOpts.Versioned && srcOpts.VersionID == "" {
+			srcInfo.Reader.Close() // We are not interested in the reader stream at this point close it.
 			return srcSet.CopyObject(ctx, srcBucket, srcObject, dstBucket, dstObject, srcInfo, srcOpts, dstOpts)
 		}
 		// CopyObject optimization where we don't create an entire copy
@@ -1060,6 +1062,7 @@ func (s *erasureSets) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, srcBucket, srcObject, dstB
 		// that we actually create a new dataDir for legacy objects.
 		if dstOpts.Versioned && srcOpts.VersionID != dstOpts.VersionID && !srcInfo.Legacy {
 			srcInfo.versionOnly = true
+			srcInfo.Reader.Close() // We are not interested in the reader stream at this point close it.
 			return srcSet.CopyObject(ctx, srcBucket, srcObject, dstBucket, dstObject, srcInfo, srcOpts, dstOpts)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index 70f09a6a8..2245c2219 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -1433,10 +1433,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		srcInfo.metadataOnly = false
 	}
 
-	if srcInfo.metadataOnly {
-		gr.Close() // We are not interested in the reader stream at this point close it.
-	}
-
 	// Check if x-amz-metadata-directive or x-amz-tagging-directive was not set to REPLACE and source,
 	// destination are same objects. Apply this restriction also when
 	// metadataOnly is true indicating that we are not overwriting the object.