diff --git a/weed/command/download.go b/weed/command/download.go
index b3e33defd..be0eb47e5 100644
--- a/weed/command/download.go
+++ b/weed/command/download.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func downloadToFile(server, fileId, saveDir string) error {
 	}
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(path.Join(saveDir, filename), os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
+		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, rc)
 		return err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go
index 5e0fa5de1..b18ab329c 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		writeErrorResponse(w, ErrInvalidCopySource, r.URL)
 		return
 	}
+	defer dataReader.Close()
 
 	etag, errCode := s3a.putToFiler(r, dstUrl, dataReader)
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) CopyObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		writeErrorResponse(w, ErrInvalidCopySource, r.URL)
 		return
 	}
+	defer dataReader.Close()
 
 	etag, errCode := s3a.putToFiler(r, dstUrl, dataReader)
 
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index 8dc733eb9..b8df86aee 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	if rAuthType == authTypeStreamingSigned {
 		dataReader = newSignV4ChunkedReader(r)
 	}
+	defer dataReader.Close()
 
 	uploadUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s%s/%s%s?collection=%s",
 		s3a.option.Filer, s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket, object, bucket)
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ func passThroughResponse(proxyResonse *http.Response, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	io.Copy(w, proxyResonse.Body)
 }
 
-func (s3a *S3ApiServer) putToFiler(r *http.Request, uploadUrl string, dataReader io.ReadCloser) (etag string, code ErrorCode) {
+func (s3a *S3ApiServer) putToFiler(r *http.Request, uploadUrl string, dataReader io.Reader) (etag string, code ErrorCode) {
 
 	hash := md5.New()
 	var body io.Reader = io.TeeReader(dataReader, hash)
@@ -179,8 +180,6 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) putToFiler(r *http.Request, uploadUrl string, dataReader
 
 	resp, postErr := client.Do(proxyReq)
 
-	dataReader.Close()
-
 	if postErr != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("post to filer: %v", postErr)
 		return "", ErrInternalError
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_multipart_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_multipart_handlers.go
index 72a25e4a5..3588e14d7 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_multipart_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_multipart_handlers.go
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 	if rAuthType == authTypeStreamingSigned {
 		dataReader = newSignV4ChunkedReader(r)
 	}
+	defer dataReader.Close()
 
 	uploadUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s%s/%s/%04d.part?collection=%s",
 		s3a.option.Filer, s3a.genUploadsFolder(bucket), uploadID, partID-1, bucket)
diff --git a/weed/util/http_util.go b/weed/util/http_util.go
index 08007a038..38202f4de 100644
--- a/weed/util/http_util.go
+++ b/weed/util/http_util.go
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ func PostBytes(url string, body []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Post to %s: %v", url, err)
 	}
 	defer r.Body.Close()
-	if r.StatusCode >= 400 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", url, r.Status)
-	}
 	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Read response body: %v", err)
 	}
+	if r.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", url, r.Status)
+	}
 	return b, nil
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func Head(url string) (http.Header, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer r.Body.Close()
+	defer closeResp(r)
 	if r.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", url, r.Status)
 	}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func GetBufferStream(url string, values url.Values, allocatedBytes []byte, eachB
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer r.Body.Close()
+	defer closeResp(r)
 	if r.StatusCode != 200 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", url, r.Status)
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func GetUrlStream(url string, values url.Values, readFn func(io.Reader) error) e
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer r.Body.Close()
+	defer closeResp(r)
 	if r.StatusCode != 200 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", url, r.Status)
 	}
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func ReadUrlAsStream(fileUrl string, offset int64, size int, fn func(data []byte
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	defer r.Body.Close()
+	defer closeResp(r)
 	if r.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", fileUrl, r.Status)
 	}
@@ -307,3 +307,8 @@ func ReadUrlAsReaderCloser(fileUrl string, rangeHeader string) (io.ReadCloser, e
 
 	return r.Body, nil
 }
+
+func closeResp(resp *http.Response) {
+	io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)
+	resp.Body.Close()
+}