diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go b/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go
index ccb732380..9ea89de2d 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ func (f *Filer) DirectDeleteChunks(chunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk) {
 	f.doDeleteFileIds(fileIdsToDelete)
 }
 
+func (f *Filer) DeleteUncommittedChunks(chunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk) {
+	f.DeleteChunks(chunks)
+}
+
 func (f *Filer) DeleteChunks(chunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk) {
 	for _, chunk := range chunks {
 		if !chunk.IsChunkManifest {
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go
index 33049a4f4..457d4800a 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) CacheRemoteObjectToLocalCluster(ctx context.Context, req
 	// this skips meta data log events
 
 	if err := fs.filer.Store.UpdateEntry(context.Background(), newEntry); err != nil {
-		fs.filer.DeleteChunks(chunks)
+		fs.filer.DeleteUncommittedChunks(chunks)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	fs.filer.DeleteChunks(garbage)
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_autochunk.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_autochunk.go
index f4428be61..4ffc94825 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_autochunk.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_autochunk.go
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) doPostAutoChunk(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWrite
 	md5bytes = md5Hash.Sum(nil)
 	headerMd5 := r.Header.Get("Content-Md5")
 	if headerMd5 != "" && !(util.Base64Encode(md5bytes) == headerMd5 || fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5bytes) == headerMd5) {
-		fs.filer.DeleteChunks(fileChunks)
+		fs.filer.DeleteUncommittedChunks(fileChunks)
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("The Content-Md5 you specified did not match what we received.")
 	}
 	filerResult, replyerr = fs.saveMetaData(ctx, r, fileName, contentType, so, md5bytes, fileChunks, chunkOffset, smallContent)
 	if replyerr != nil {
-		fs.filer.DeleteChunks(fileChunks)
+		fs.filer.DeleteUncommittedChunks(fileChunks)
 	}
 
 	return
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) doPutAutoChunk(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter
 	md5bytes = md5Hash.Sum(nil)
 	headerMd5 := r.Header.Get("Content-Md5")
 	if headerMd5 != "" && !(util.Base64Encode(md5bytes) == headerMd5 || fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5bytes) == headerMd5) {
-		fs.filer.DeleteChunks(fileChunks)
+		fs.filer.DeleteUncommittedChunks(fileChunks)
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("The Content-Md5 you specified did not match what we received.")
 	}
 	filerResult, replyerr = fs.saveMetaData(ctx, r, fileName, contentType, so, md5bytes, fileChunks, chunkOffset, smallContent)
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_cipher.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_cipher.go
index 1874a41fc..6cf7d65b1 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_cipher.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_cipher.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) encrypt(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 	}
 
 	if dbErr := fs.filer.CreateEntry(ctx, entry, false, false, nil, false, so.MaxFileNameLength); dbErr != nil {
-		fs.filer.DeleteChunks(entry.GetChunks())
+		fs.filer.DeleteUncommittedChunks(entry.GetChunks())
 		err = dbErr
 		filerResult.Error = dbErr.Error()
 		return
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_upload.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_upload.go
index e26eecbe8..8c8eba078 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_upload.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_write_upload.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) uploadReaderToChunks(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	wg.Wait()
 
 	if uploadErr != nil {
-		fs.filer.DeleteChunks(fileChunks)
+		fs.filer.DeleteUncommittedChunks(fileChunks)
 		return nil, md5Hash, 0, uploadErr, nil
 	}
 	slices.SortFunc(fileChunks, func(a, b *filer_pb.FileChunk) int {