diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
index 94b316482d339..a806be7690cb3 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
@@ -8591,9 +8591,10 @@ int RGWRados::copy_obj(RGWObjectCtx& obj_ctx,
     vector<rgw_raw_obj>::iterator riter;
 
     /* rollback reference */
+    string ref_tag = tag + '\0';
     for (riter = ref_objs.begin(); riter != ref_objs.end(); ++riter) {
       ObjectWriteOperation op;
-      cls_refcount_put(op, tag, true);
+      cls_refcount_put(op, ref_tag, true);
 
       ref.ioctx.locator_set_key(riter->loc);
 
@@ -10190,9 +10191,15 @@ int RGWRados::set_attrs(void *ctx, const RGWBucketInfo& bucket_info, rgw_obj& sr
         state->attrset.erase(iter->first);
       }
     }
+
     for (iter = attrs.begin(); iter != attrs.end(); ++iter) {
       state->attrset[iter->first] = iter->second;
     }
+
+    auto iter = state->attrset.find(RGW_ATTR_ID_TAG);
+    if (iter != state->attrset.end()) {
+      iter->second = state->obj_tag;
+    }
   }
 
   return 0;