diff --git a/weed/command/filer_remote_gateway_buckets.go b/weed/command/filer_remote_gateway_buckets.go
index bd3e76859..d70e96904 100644
--- a/weed/command/filer_remote_gateway_buckets.go
+++ b/weed/command/filer_remote_gateway_buckets.go
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ func (option *RemoteGatewayOptions) makeBucketedEventProcessor(filerSource *sour
 				return client.WriteDirectory(dest, message.NewEntry)
 			}
 			glog.V(0).Infof("create %s", remote_storage.FormatLocation(dest))
-			reader := filer.NewFileReader(filerSource, message.NewEntry)
-			remoteEntry, writeErr := client.WriteFile(dest, message.NewEntry, reader)
+			remoteEntry, writeErr := retriedWriteFile(client, filerSource, message.NewEntry, dest)
 			if writeErr != nil {
 				return writeErr
 			}
@@ -264,9 +263,7 @@ func (option *RemoteGatewayOptions) makeBucketedEventProcessor(filerSource *sour
 						return client.UpdateFileMetadata(oldDest, message.OldEntry, message.NewEntry)
 					} else {
 						newDest := toRemoteStorageLocation(newBucket, util.NewFullPath(message.NewParentPath, message.NewEntry.Name), newRemoteStorageMountLocation)
-						reader := filer.NewFileReader(filerSource, message.NewEntry)
-						glog.V(0).Infof("create %s", remote_storage.FormatLocation(newDest))
-						remoteEntry, writeErr := client.WriteFile(newDest, message.NewEntry, reader)
+						remoteEntry, writeErr := retriedWriteFile(client, filerSource, message.NewEntry, newDest)
 						if writeErr != nil {
 							return writeErr
 						}
@@ -303,9 +300,7 @@ func (option *RemoteGatewayOptions) makeBucketedEventProcessor(filerSource *sour
 				if message.NewEntry.IsDirectory {
 					return client.WriteDirectory(newDest, message.NewEntry)
 				}
-				reader := filer.NewFileReader(filerSource, message.NewEntry)
-				glog.V(0).Infof("create %s", remote_storage.FormatLocation(newDest))
-				remoteEntry, writeErr := client.WriteFile(newDest, message.NewEntry, reader)
+				remoteEntry, writeErr := retriedWriteFile(client, filerSource, message.NewEntry, newDest)
 				if writeErr != nil {
 					return writeErr
 				}
diff --git a/weed/command/filer_remote_sync_dir.go b/weed/command/filer_remote_sync_dir.go
index 8ff933833..e24c8f9e6 100644
--- a/weed/command/filer_remote_sync_dir.go
+++ b/weed/command/filer_remote_sync_dir.go
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ func makeEventProcessor(remoteStorage *remote_pb.RemoteConf, mountedDir string,
 				return client.WriteDirectory(dest, message.NewEntry)
 			}
 			glog.V(0).Infof("create %s", remote_storage.FormatLocation(dest))
-			reader := filer.NewFileReader(filerSource, message.NewEntry)
-			remoteEntry, writeErr := client.WriteFile(dest, message.NewEntry, reader)
+			remoteEntry, writeErr := retriedWriteFile(client, filerSource, message.NewEntry, dest)
 			if writeErr != nil {
 				return writeErr
 			}
@@ -146,9 +145,7 @@ func makeEventProcessor(remoteStorage *remote_pb.RemoteConf, mountedDir string,
 			if err := client.DeleteFile(oldDest); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			reader := filer.NewFileReader(filerSource, message.NewEntry)
-			glog.V(0).Infof("create %s", remote_storage.FormatLocation(dest))
-			remoteEntry, writeErr := client.WriteFile(dest, message.NewEntry, reader)
+			remoteEntry, writeErr := retriedWriteFile(client, filerSource, message.NewEntry, dest)
 			if writeErr != nil {
 				return writeErr
 			}
@@ -160,6 +157,20 @@ func makeEventProcessor(remoteStorage *remote_pb.RemoteConf, mountedDir string,
 	return eachEntryFunc, nil
 }
 
+func retriedWriteFile(client remote_storage.RemoteStorageClient, filerSource *source.FilerSource, newEntry *filer_pb.Entry, dest *remote_pb.RemoteStorageLocation) (remoteEntry *filer_pb.RemoteEntry, err error) {
+	var writeErr error
+	err = util.Retry("writeFile", func() error {
+		reader := filer.NewFileReader(filerSource, newEntry)
+		glog.V(0).Infof("create %s", remote_storage.FormatLocation(dest))
+		remoteEntry, writeErr = client.WriteFile(dest, newEntry, reader)
+		if writeErr != nil {
+			return writeErr
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	return
+}
+
 func collectLastSyncOffset(filerClient filer_pb.FilerClient, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOption, filerAddress pb.ServerAddress, mountedDir string, timeAgo time.Duration) time.Time {
 	// 1. specified by timeAgo
 	// 2. last offset timestamp for this directory