diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 76e4d5269..6f603564c 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -1277,6 +1277,11 @@ func (er erasureObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object st
 		if err != nil && !isErrVersionNotFound(err) && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) && !isErrReadQuorum(err) {
 			return objInfo, err
 		}
+
+		// if object doesn't exist and not a replication request return error for conditional requests
+		if err != nil && !opts.ReplicationRequest {
+			return objInfo, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Validate input data size and it can never be less than -1.
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-options.go b/cmd/object-api-options.go
index 1e0c10a75..3da831df7 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-options.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-options.go
@@ -414,12 +414,16 @@ func putOptsFromHeaders(ctx context.Context, hdr http.Header, metadata map[strin
 		if err != nil {
 			return ObjectOptions{}, err
 		}
-		return ObjectOptions{
+		op := ObjectOptions{
 			ServerSideEncryption: sseKms,
 			UserDefined:          metadata,
 			MTime:                mtime,
 			PreserveETag:         etag,
-		}, nil
+		}
+		if _, ok := hdr[xhttp.MinIOSourceReplicationRequest]; ok {
+			op.ReplicationRequest = true
+		}
+		return op, nil
 	}
 	// default case of passing encryption headers and UserDefined metadata to backend
 	opts, err = getDefaultOpts(hdr, false, metadata)