diff --git a/cmd/rest/client.go b/cmd/rest/client.go
index ccac83ce8..99ddf432e 100644
--- a/cmd/rest/client.go
+++ b/cmd/rest/client.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func (c *Client) Call(ctx context.Context, method string, values url.Values, bod
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.newAuthToken(req.URL.RawQuery))
 	req.Header.Set("X-Minio-Time", time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339))
+	req.Header.Set("Expect", "100-continue")
 	if length > 0 {
 		req.ContentLength = length
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index b61fb97e2..e650d41ce 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -337,10 +337,6 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) CreateFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path st
 	values.Set(storageRESTFilePath, path)
 	values.Set(storageRESTLength, strconv.Itoa(int(size)))
 	respBody, err := client.call(ctx, storageRESTMethodCreateFile, values, ioutil.NopCloser(reader), size)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, err = waitForHTTPResponse(respBody)
 	defer http.DrainBody(respBody)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index 83811134f..deedc1fdd 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ func newInternodeHTTPTransport(tlsConfig *tls.Config, dialTimeout time.Duration)
 		WriteBufferSize:       32 << 10, // 32KiB moving up from 4KiB default
 		ReadBufferSize:        32 << 10, // 32KiB moving up from 4KiB default
 		IdleConnTimeout:       15 * time.Second,
-		ResponseHeaderTimeout: 3 * time.Minute, // Set conservative timeouts for MinIO internode.
+		ResponseHeaderTimeout: 15 * time.Minute, // Set conservative timeouts for MinIO internode.
 		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   15 * time.Second,
 		ExpectContinueTimeout: 15 * time.Second,
 		TLSClientConfig:       tlsConfig,