diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition.go
index 7addf586c..f51b0dcef 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition.go
@@ -84,10 +84,13 @@ func clauseSatisfied(c *filer_pb.WriteCondition_Clause, current *filer.Entry) bo
 	case filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_CHUNKS_EQUAL:
 		return chunkFidsEqual(current, c.Fids)
 	case filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_ENTRY_EQUAL:
-		if !exists {
-			return c.ExpectedEntry == nil
+		if !exists || c.ExpectedEntry == nil {
+			return !exists && c.ExpectedEntry == nil
 		}
-		return proto.Equal(current.ToProtoEntry(), c.ExpectedEntry)
+		// Normalize the expected entry the way FindEntry normalizes the stored
+		// one (e.g. FileSize grows to the chunk extent), or an unchanged entry
+		// can compare unequal.
+		return proto.Equal(current.ToProtoEntry(), filer.FromPbEntry("", c.ExpectedEntry).ToProtoEntry())
 	default:
 		// An unrecognized clause kind (e.g. from a newer client) must not be
 		// treated as satisfied, which would silently bypass the guard. Fail
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition_test.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition_test.go
index 66906fafb..2946e9614 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition_test.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_condition_test.go
@@ -193,6 +193,34 @@ func TestWriteConditionUnknownKindFailsClosed(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// IF_ENTRY_EQUAL compares the expected entry after the same normalization
+// FindEntry applied to the stored one: a raw event entry whose FileSize is
+// still zero must match a stored entry grown to its chunk extent.
+func TestIfEntryEqualNormalizesExpected(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := &filer_pb.Entry{
+		Name:       "f",
+		Attributes: &filer_pb.FuseAttributes{Mtime: 42},
+		Chunks: []*filer_pb.FileChunk{
+			{Fid: &filer_pb.FileId{VolumeId: 3, FileKey: 1, Cookie: 2}, Size: 100},
+		},
+	}
+	stored := filer.FromPbEntry("/d", raw)
+	if stored.FileSize != 100 {
+		t.Fatalf("stored FileSize = %d, want chunk extent 100", stored.FileSize)
+	}
+	cond := one(&filer_pb.WriteCondition_Clause{
+		Kind:          filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_ENTRY_EQUAL,
+		ExpectedEntry: raw,
+	})
+	if !writeConditionSatisfied(cond, stored) {
+		t.Error("raw expected entry must equal its normalized stored form")
+	}
+	raw.Attributes.Mtime = 43
+	if writeConditionSatisfied(cond, stored) {
+		t.Error("changed expected entry must not equal the stored entry")
+	}
+}
+
 // storedEntryETag prefers the stored Seaweed ETag attribute and falls back to
 // the Md5-derived ETag, matching the S3 gateway.
 func TestStoredEntryETag(t *testing.T) {