diff --git a/backend/putio/error.go b/backend/putio/error.go
index 27476b838..ff3fed1d5 100644
--- a/backend/putio/error.go
+++ b/backend/putio/error.go
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/pacer"
 )
 
-func checkStatusCode(resp *http.Response, expected int) error {
-	if resp.StatusCode != expected {
-		return &statusCodeError{response: resp}
+func checkStatusCode(resp *http.Response, expected ...int) error {
+	for _, code := range expected {
+		if resp.StatusCode == code {
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return &statusCodeError{response: resp}
 }
 
 type statusCodeError struct {
diff --git a/backend/putio/object.go b/backend/putio/object.go
index 4b5f72015..28caa5d1e 100644
--- a/backend/putio/object.go
+++ b/backend/putio/object.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (o *Object) Open(ctx context.Context, options ...fs.OpenOption) (in io.Read
 		if err != nil {
 			return shouldRetry(ctx, err)
 		}
-		if err := checkStatusCode(resp, 200); err != nil {
+		if err := checkStatusCode(resp, 200, 206); err != nil {
 			return shouldRetry(ctx, err)
 		}
 		return false, nil