diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index 5c6948c242..bdd044eac5 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -2643,19 +2643,13 @@ class ECObjectController(BaseObjectController):
                     self.app.logger.increment('client_disconnects')
                     raise HTTPClientDisconnect(request=req)
 
-                computed_etag = (etag_hasher.hexdigest()
-                                 if etag_hasher else None)
-                received_etag = req.headers.get(
-                    'etag', '').strip('"')
-                if (computed_etag and received_etag and
-                   computed_etag != received_etag):
-                    raise HTTPUnprocessableEntity(request=req)
-
                 send_chunk('')  # flush out any buffered data
 
+                computed_etag = (etag_hasher.hexdigest()
+                                 if etag_hasher else None)
                 footers = self._get_footers(req)
-                received_etag = footers.get(
-                    'etag', '').strip('"')
+                received_etag = footers.get('etag', req.headers.get(
+                    'etag', '')).strip('"')
                 if (computed_etag and received_etag and
                    computed_etag != received_etag):
                     raise HTTPUnprocessableEntity(request=req)
diff --git a/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py b/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
index 78b2e95aa8..25dbc44b64 100644
--- a/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
+++ b/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
@@ -4349,6 +4349,17 @@ class TestECObjControllerMimePutter(BaseObjectControllerMixin,
         for conn in conns:
             self.assertTrue(conn.closed)
 
+        # make the footers callback send the correct etag
+        footers_callback = make_footers_callback(test_body)
+        env = {'swift.callback.update_footers': footers_callback}
+        headers = {'Etag': 'bad etag'}
+        req = swift.common.swob.Request.blank(
+            '/v1/a/c/o', method='PUT', headers=headers, environ=env,
+            body=test_body)
+        with set_http_connect(*codes, expect_headers=self.expect_headers):
+            resp = req.get_response(self.app)
+        self.assertEqual(201, resp.status_int)
+
         # make the footers callback send a bad Etag footer
         footers_callback = make_footers_callback('not the test body')
         env = {'swift.callback.update_footers': footers_callback}