diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
index 7a5d12f8..dce51f73 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ private void handlePutBlob(HttpServletRequest request,
         BlobBuilder.PayloadBlobBuilder builder = blobStore
                 .blobBuilder(blobName)
                 .payload(is)
-                .contentLength(request.getContentLength());
+                .contentLength(contentLength);
         addContentMetdataFromHttpRequest(builder, request);
         if (contentMD5 != null) {
             builder = builder.contentMD5(contentMD5);