diff --git a/src/api/s3/multipart.rs b/src/api/s3/multipart.rs
index 52ea8e78..b6001142 100644
--- a/src/api/s3/multipart.rs
+++ b/src/api/s3/multipart.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ pub async fn handle_complete_multipart_upload(
 
 	// Get object and multipart upload
 	let key = key.to_string();
-	let (_, mut object_version, mpu) = get_upload(&garage, &bucket.id, &key, &upload_id).await?;
+	let (object, mut object_version, mpu) = get_upload(&garage, &bucket.id, &key, &upload_id).await?;
 
 	if mpu.parts.is_empty() {
 		return Err(Error::bad_request("No data was uploaded"));
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ pub async fn handle_complete_multipart_upload(
 	// Calculate total size of final object
 	let total_size = parts.iter().map(|x| x.size.unwrap()).sum();
 
-	if let Err(e) = check_quotas(&garage, bucket, &key, total_size).await {
+	if let Err(e) = check_quotas(&garage, bucket, &key, total_size, Some(&object)).await {
 		object_version.state = ObjectVersionState::Aborted;
 		let final_object = Object::new(bucket.id, key.clone(), vec![object_version]);
 		garage.object_table.insert(&final_object).await?;
diff --git a/src/api/s3/put.rs b/src/api/s3/put.rs
index bd032165..a3fe9cca 100644
--- a/src/api/s3/put.rs
+++ b/src/api/s3/put.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn save_stream<S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin>(
 	// Generate identity of new version
 	let version_uuid = gen_uuid();
 	let version_timestamp = existing_object
+		.as_ref()
 		.and_then(|obj| obj.versions().iter().map(|v| v.timestamp).max())
 		.map(|t| std::cmp::max(t + 1, now_msec()))
 		.unwrap_or_else(now_msec);
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn save_stream<S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin>(
 			content_sha256,
 		)?;
 
-		check_quotas(&garage, bucket, key, size).await?;
+		check_quotas(&garage, bucket, key, size, existing_object.as_ref()).await?;
 
 		let object_version = ObjectVersion {
 			uuid: version_uuid,
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn save_stream<S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin>(
 		content_sha256,
 	)?;
 
-	check_quotas(&garage, bucket, key, total_size).await?;
+	check_quotas(&garage, bucket, key, total_size, existing_object.as_ref()).await?;
 
 	// Save final object state, marked as Complete
 	let md5sum_hex = hex::encode(data_md5sum);
@@ -243,17 +244,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn check_quotas(
 	bucket: &Bucket,
 	key: &str,
 	size: u64,
+	prev_object: Option<&Object>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let quotas = bucket.state.as_option().unwrap().quotas.get();
 	if quotas.max_objects.is_none() && quotas.max_size.is_none() {
 		return Ok(());
 	};
 
-	let key = key.to_string();
-	let (prev_object, counters) = futures::try_join!(
-		garage.object_table.get(&bucket.id, &key),
-		garage.object_counter_table.table.get(&bucket.id, &EmptyKey),
-	)?;
+	let counters = garage
+		.object_counter_table
+		.table
+		.get(&bucket.id, &EmptyKey)
+		.await?;
 
 	let counters = counters
 		.map(|x| x.filtered_values(&garage.system.ring.borrow()))
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn check_quotas(
 		if cnt_size_diff > 0 && current_size + cnt_size_diff > ms as i64 {
 			return Err(Error::forbidden(format!(
 				"Bucket size quota is reached, maximum total size of objects for this bucket: {}. The bucket is already {} bytes, and this object would add {} bytes.",
-				ms, current_size, size
+				ms, current_size, cnt_size_diff
 			)));
 		}
 	}