diff --git a/src/rgw/driver/posix/rgw_sal_posix.cc b/src/rgw/driver/posix/rgw_sal_posix.cc
index 8ca6a09275bd5..170e086f9310f 100644
--- a/src/rgw/driver/posix/rgw_sal_posix.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/driver/posix/rgw_sal_posix.cc
@@ -2817,17 +2817,19 @@ int POSIXMultipartWriter::complete(size_t accounted_size, const std::string& eta
   POSIXUploadPartInfo info;
 
   if (if_match) {
-    if (strcmp(if_match, "*") == 0) {
+    std::string if_match_str = rgw_string_unquote(if_match);
+    if (if_match_str == "*") {
       // test the object is existing
       if (!obj->exists(dpp)) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
     } else {
-      bufferlist bl;
-      if (!get_attr(obj->get_attrs(), RGW_ATTR_ETAG, bl)) {
+      bufferlist etag_bl;
+      if (!get_attr(obj->get_attrs(), RGW_ATTR_ETAG, etag_bl)) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
-      if (strncmp(if_match, bl.c_str(), bl.length()) != 0) {
+      ldpp_dout(dpp, 10) << "If-Match: " << if_match_str << " ETAG: " << etag_bl.c_str() << dendl;
+      if (if_match_str.compare(0, etag_bl.length(), etag_bl.c_str(), etag_bl.length()) != 0) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
     }
@@ -2884,33 +2886,37 @@ int POSIXAtomicWriter::complete(size_t accounted_size, const std::string& etag,
   int ret;
 
   if (if_match) {
-    if (strcmp(if_match, "*") == 0) {
+    std::string if_match_str = rgw_string_unquote(if_match);
+    if (if_match_str == "*") {
       // test the object is existing
       if (!obj.exists(dpp)) {
-	return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
+	      return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
     } else {
-      bufferlist bl;
-      if (!get_attr(obj.get_attrs(), RGW_ATTR_ETAG, bl)) {
+      bufferlist etag_bl;
+      if (!get_attr(obj.get_attrs(), RGW_ATTR_ETAG, etag_bl)) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
-      if (strncmp(if_match, bl.c_str(), bl.length()) != 0) {
+      ldpp_dout(dpp, 10) << "If-Match: " << if_match_str << " ETAG: " << etag_bl.c_str() << dendl;
+      if (if_match_str.compare(0, etag_bl.length(), etag_bl.c_str(), etag_bl.length()) != 0) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
     }
   }
   if (if_nomatch) {
-    if (strcmp(if_nomatch, "*") == 0) {
+    std::string if_nomatch_str = rgw_string_unquote(if_nomatch);
+    if (if_nomatch_str == "*") {
       // test the object is not existing
       if (obj.exists(dpp)) {
-	return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
+        return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
     } else {
-      bufferlist bl;
-      if (!get_attr(obj.get_attrs(), RGW_ATTR_ETAG, bl)) {
+      bufferlist etag_bl;
+      if (!get_attr(obj.get_attrs(), RGW_ATTR_ETAG, etag_bl)) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
-      if (strncmp(if_nomatch, bl.c_str(), bl.length()) == 0) {
+      ldpp_dout(dpp, 10) << "ETag: " << std::string(etag_bl.c_str(), etag_bl.length()) << " " << " If-NoMatch: " << if_nomatch_str << dendl;
+      if (if_nomatch_str.compare(0, etag_bl.length(), etag_bl.c_str(), etag_bl.length()) == 0) {
         return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_rados.cc b/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_rados.cc
index 7925cddf86fc1..ac6f65d1e9100 100644
--- a/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_rados.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/driver/rados/rgw_rados.cc
@@ -6353,15 +6353,19 @@ int RGWRados::Object::prepare_atomic_modification(const DoutPrefixProvider *dpp,
     }
 
     if (if_match) {
-      if (strcmp(if_match, "*") == 0) {
+      std::string if_match_str = rgw_string_unquote(if_match);
+      if (if_match_str == "*") {
         // test the object is existing
         if (!state->exists) {
           return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
         }
       } else {
-        bufferlist bl;
-        if (!state->get_attr(RGW_ATTR_ETAG, bl) ||
-            strncmp(if_match, bl.c_str(), bl.length()) != 0) {
+        bufferlist etag_bl;
+        if (!state->get_attr(RGW_ATTR_ETAG, etag_bl)) {
+          return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
+        }
+        ldpp_dout(dpp, 10) << "If-Match: " << if_match_str << " ETAG: " << etag_bl.c_str() << dendl;
+        if (if_match_str.compare(0, etag_bl.length(), etag_bl.c_str(), etag_bl.length()) != 0) {
           return -ERR_PRECONDITION_FAILED;
         }
       }