diff --git a/backend/compress/compress.go b/backend/compress/compress.go
index b0ada83c6..6429e5a7e 100644
--- a/backend/compress/compress.go
+++ b/backend/compress/compress.go
@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ func (f *Fs) NewObject(ctx context.Context, remote string) (fs.Object, error) {
 	}
 	// Create our Object
 	o, err := f.Fs.NewObject(ctx, makeDataName(remote, meta.CompressionMetadata.Size, meta.Mode))
-	return f.newObject(o, mo, meta), err
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return f.newObject(o, mo, meta), nil
 }
 
 // checkCompressAndType checks if an object is compressible and determines it's mime type
@@ -677,7 +680,7 @@ func (f *Fs) putWithCustomFunctions(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.Ob
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return f.newObject(dataObject, mo, meta), err
+	return f.newObject(dataObject, mo, meta), nil
 }
 
 // Put in to the remote path with the modTime given of the given size
@@ -1097,6 +1100,9 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 	origName := o.Remote()
 	if o.meta.Mode != Uncompressed || compressible {
 		newObject, err = o.f.putWithCustomFunctions(ctx, in, o.f.wrapInfo(src, origName, src.Size()), options, o.f.Fs.Put, updateMeta, compressible, mimeType)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if newObject.Object.Remote() != o.Object.Remote() {
 			if removeErr := o.Object.Remove(ctx); removeErr != nil {
 				return removeErr
@@ -1110,9 +1116,9 @@ func (o *Object) Update(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, op
 		}
 		// If we are, just update the object and metadata
 		newObject, err = o.f.putWithCustomFunctions(ctx, in, src, options, update, updateMeta, compressible, mimeType)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	// Update object metadata and return
 	o.Object = newObject.Object