diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 86ef74dd7..e1ba6ef65 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) CopyObject(ctx context.Context, srcBucket, srcObject, d
 		modTime = dstOpts.MTime
 		fi.ModTime = dstOpts.MTime
 	}
-
+	fi.Metadata = srcInfo.UserDefined
 	srcInfo.UserDefined["etag"] = srcInfo.ETag
 
 	// Update `xl.meta` content on each disks.