diff --git a/weed/filer/filer.go b/weed/filer/filer.go
index bae29d10bf..11d5427b4c 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer.go
@@ -516,7 +516,16 @@ func (f *Filer) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *Entry, existing *Entry,
 	oldEntry := existing
 	if oldEntry == nil {
 		var findErr error
-		oldEntry, findErr = f.FindEntry(ctx, entry.FullPath)
+		// Inside a store transaction the lookup must not run the lazy remote
+		// fetch: the fetch persists on a second connection, which waits on
+		// the row lock this transaction holds when it deleted the path (a
+		// rename onto an existing target). The create writes the path either
+		// way; reads inside the transaction keep the fetch.
+		findCtx := ctx
+		if ctx.Value("tx") != nil {
+			findCtx = context.WithValue(ctx, lazyFetchContextKey{}, true)
+		}
+		oldEntry, findErr = f.FindEntry(findCtx, entry.FullPath)
 		if findErr != nil && !errors.Is(findErr, filer_pb.ErrNotFound) {
 			// A create cannot decide whether the path exists when the lookup
 			// itself failed; proceeding would upsert over it.
diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote.go b/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote.go
index ba43bdcc50..81d4e3996a 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote.go
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ func (f *Filer) maybeLazyFetchFromRemote(ctx context.Context, p util.FullPath) (
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	// A lookup inside a store transaction persists on a second connection,
-	// which waits on the row locks the transaction holds.
-	if ctx.Value("tx") != nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
 	if f.RemoteStorage == nil {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -438,17 +432,3 @@ func (f *Filer) RemoteCopyLocations(ctx context.Context, entry *Entry, oldPath,
 	dst = MapFullPathToRemoteStorageLocation(mountDir, remoteLoc, newPath)
 	return src, dst, copier, nil
 }
-
-// PrefetchRemoteEntries runs the lazy remote fetch for the paths a store
-// transaction is about to read. Inside the transaction the fetch is off,
-// so an object the filer has not seen yet would read as absent there.
-func (f *Filer) PrefetchRemoteEntries(ctx context.Context, paths ...util.FullPath) {
-	if ctx.Value("tx") != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	for _, p := range paths {
-		if _, err := f.FindEntry(ctx, p); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, filer_pb.ErrNotFound) {
-			glog.V(1).InfofCtx(ctx, "prefetch remote entry %s: %v", p, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote_test.go b/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote_test.go
index d366c9cae7..7c59b8384a 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote_test.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_lazy_remote_test.go
@@ -734,59 +734,34 @@ func TestMaybeLazyFetchFromRemote_ContextGuardPreventsRecursion(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, countingStub.statCalls, "guard should prevent StatFile from being called")
 }
 
-func TestMaybeLazyFetchFromRemote_SkipsInsideStoreTransaction(t *testing.T) {
+func TestCreateEntry_SkipsTheLazyFetchInsideAStoreTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 	const storageType = "stub_lazy_tx"
 	countingStub := &countingRemoteClient{
 		stubRemoteClient: stubRemoteClient{
 			statResult: &filer_pb.RemoteEntry{RemoteMtime: 1, RemoteSize: 1},
 		},
 	}
-	f, _ := newMountedTestFiler(t, storageType, countingStub, 0)
-
-	// the key a store transaction travels under (abstract_sql getTxOrDB)
-	txCtx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "tx", struct{}{})
-	entry, err := f.maybeLazyFetchFromRemote(txCtx, "/buckets/mybucket/dir/a.txt")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Nil(t, entry)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, countingStub.statCalls, "a lookup inside a transaction must not consult the remote")
-
-	entry, err = f.maybeLazyFetchFromRemote(context.Background(), "/buckets/mybucket/dir/a.txt")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, entry)
-	assert.NotZero(t, countingStub.statCalls, "the same lookup outside a transaction consults the remote")
-}
-
-func TestPrefetchRemoteEntries_MaterializesBeforeATransaction(t *testing.T) {
-	const storageType = "stub_lazy_prefetch"
-	countingStub := &countingRemoteClient{
-		stubRemoteClient: stubRemoteClient{
-			statResult: &filer_pb.RemoteEntry{RemoteMtime: 1, RemoteSize: 1},
-		},
-	}
 	f, store := newMountedTestFiler(t, storageType, countingStub, 0)
 	putDirEntry(store, "/buckets/mybucket/dir")
-	target := util.FullPath("/buckets/mybucket/dir/target.txt")
+	// the key a store transaction travels under (abstract_sql getTxOrDB)
 	txCtx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "tx", struct{}{})
 
-	// unseen on the filer, present on the remote: inside a transaction it
-	// reads as absent
-	_, err := f.FindEntry(txCtx, target)
-	require.ErrorIs(t, err, filer_pb.ErrNotFound)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, countingStub.statCalls)
+	// a create inside the transaction: its lookup does not consult the
+	// remote, the entry is inserted as given
+	created := &Entry{FullPath: "/buckets/mybucket/dir/a.txt", Attr: Attr{Mode: 0644, Mtime: time.Now(), Crtime: time.Now()}}
+	require.NoError(t, f.CreateEntry(txCtx, created, nil, false, false, nil, false, f.MaxFilenameLength))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, countingStub.statCalls, "a create inside a transaction must not consult the remote")
+	got, err := f.FindEntry(txCtx, "/buckets/mybucket/dir/a.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, got.IsInRemoteOnly())
 
-	// the prefetch outside the transaction materializes it, and the
-	// transaction then finds it in the store
-	f.PrefetchRemoteEntries(context.Background(), target, "/buckets/mybucket/dir/absent.txt")
-	assert.NotZero(t, countingStub.statCalls)
-	entry, err := f.FindEntry(txCtx, target)
+	// a read inside the transaction keeps the fetch: a target the filer only
+	// holds on the remote is still seen by a rename's target check
+	entry, err := f.FindEntry(txCtx, "/buckets/mybucket/dir/b.txt")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotNil(t, entry)
 	assert.True(t, entry.IsInRemoteOnly())
-
-	// a prefetch that itself runs inside a transaction does nothing
-	before := countingStub.statCalls
-	f.PrefetchRemoteEntries(txCtx, "/buckets/mybucket/dir/other.txt")
-	assert.Equal(t, before, countingStub.statCalls)
+	assert.NotZero(t, countingStub.statCalls)
 }
 
 func TestMaybeLazyFetchFromRemote_GuardedClientRejectsEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go
index 68ed0c6fe7..62097e478d 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) AtomicRenameEntry(ctx context.Context, req *filer_pb.Atom
 
 	defer fs.acquireRenamePathLocks("AtomicRenameEntry", oldParent.Child(req.OldName), newParent.Child(req.NewName))()
 
-	// the lazy remote fetch is off inside the transaction: a source or
-	// target the filer only holds on the remote is materialized first
-	fs.filer.PrefetchRemoteEntries(ctx, oldParent.Child(req.OldName), newParent.Child(req.NewName))
-
 	// a SQL store keeps the transaction in the context and refuses calls
 	// through it once committed; the work after the commit uses this one
 	afterCommitCtx := ctx
@@ -122,7 +118,6 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) StreamRenameEntry(req *filer_pb.StreamRenameEntryRequest,
 	defer fs.acquireRenamePathLocks("StreamRenameEntry", oldParent.Child(req.OldName), newParent.Child(req.NewName))()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	fs.filer.PrefetchRemoteEntries(ctx, oldParent.Child(req.OldName), newParent.Child(req.NewName))
 
 	afterCommitCtx := ctx
 	ctx, err = fs.filer.BeginTransaction(ctx)