diff --git a/extensions/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.js b/extensions/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.js
index d3429a236..3bd9946f3 100644
--- a/extensions/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.js
+++ b/extensions/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ const joiSchema = joi.object({
             probeServerPerSite,
         ).default({ bindAddress: 'localhost', port: 4042 }),
         circuitBreaker: joi.object().optional(),
+        sourceCheckIfSizeGreaterThanMB: joi.number().positive().default(100),
     }).required(),
     replicationStatusProcessor: {
         groupId: joi.string().required(),
diff --git a/extensions/replication/tasks/ReplicateObject.js b/extensions/replication/tasks/ReplicateObject.js
index 677acf696..d0b926e1c 100644
--- a/extensions/replication/tasks/ReplicateObject.js
+++ b/extensions/replication/tasks/ReplicateObject.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ const { getAccountCredentials } = require('../../../lib/credentials/AccountCrede
 const RoleCredentials = require('../../../lib/credentials/RoleCredentials');
 const { metricsExtension, metricsTypeQueued, metricsTypeCompleted, replicationStages } = require('../constants');
 
+const ObjectQueueEntry = require('../../../lib/models/ObjectQueueEntry');
+
+const errorAlreadyCompleted = {};
+
 function _extractAccountIdFromRole(role) {
     return role.split(':')[4];
 }
@@ -331,6 +335,49 @@ class ReplicateObject extends BackbeatTask {
             });
     }
 
+    _refreshSourceEntry(sourceEntry, log, cb) {
+        const params = {
+            Bucket: sourceEntry.getBucket(),
+            Key: sourceEntry.getObjectKey(),
+            VersionId: sourceEntry.getEncodedVersionId(),
+        };
+        return this.backbeatSource.getMetadata(params, (err, blob) => {
+            if (err) {
+                err.origin = 'source';
+                log.error('error getting metadata blob from S3', {
+                    method: 'ReplicateObject._refreshSourceEntry',
+                    error: err,
+                });
+                return cb(err);
+            }
+            const parsedEntry = ObjectQueueEntry.createFromBlob(blob.Body);
+            if (parsedEntry.error) {
+                log.error('error parsing metadata blob', {
+                    error: parsedEntry.error,
+                    method: 'ReplicateObject._refreshSourceEntry',
+                });
+                return cb(errors.InternalError.
+                    customizeDescription('error parsing metadata blob'));
+            }
+            const refreshedEntry = new ObjectQueueEntry(sourceEntry.getBucket(),
+                sourceEntry.getObjectVersionedKey(), parsedEntry.result);
+            return cb(null, refreshedEntry);
+        });
+    }
+
+    _checkSourceReplication(sourceEntry, log, cb) {
+        this._refreshSourceEntry(sourceEntry, log, (err, refreshedEntry) => {
+            if (err) {
+                return cb(err);
+            }
+            const status = refreshedEntry.getReplicationSiteStatus(this.site);
+            if (status === 'COMPLETED') {
+                return cb(errorAlreadyCompleted);
+            }
+            return cb();
+        });
+    }
+
     _getAndPutData(sourceEntry, destEntry, log, cb) {
         log.debug('replicating data', { entry: sourceEntry.getLogInfo() });
         if (sourceEntry.getLocation().some(part => {
@@ -700,6 +747,14 @@ class ReplicateObject extends BackbeatTask {
             (sourceRole, targetRole, next) => {
                 this._setTargetAccountMd(destEntry, targetRole, log, next);
             },
+            next => {
+                if (!mdOnly &&
+                    sourceEntry.getContentLength() / 1000000 >=
+                    this.repConfig.queueProcessor.sourceCheckIfSizeGreaterThanMB) {
+                    return this._checkSourceReplication(sourceEntry, log, next);
+                }
+                return next();
+            },
             // Get data from source bucket and put it on the target bucket
             next => {
                 if (!mdOnly) {
@@ -768,6 +823,12 @@ class ReplicateObject extends BackbeatTask {
                 });
             return done();
         }
+        if (err === errorAlreadyCompleted) {
+            log.warn('replication skipped: ' +
+                     'source object version already COMPLETED',
+                     { entry: sourceEntry.getLogInfo() });
+            return done();
+        }
         if (err.ObjNotFound || err.code === 'ObjNotFound') {
             if (err.origin === 'source') {
                 log.info('replication skipped: ' +
diff --git a/tests/functional/replication/queueProcessor.js b/tests/functional/replication/queueProcessor.js
index 29c83f3de..8156d874e 100644
--- a/tests/functional/replication/queueProcessor.js
+++ b/tests/functional/replication/queueProcessor.js
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ class S3Mock extends TestConfigurator {
     }
 
     _getMetadataSource(req, url, query, res) {
-        assert(query.versionId);
         res.writeHead(200);
         res.end(JSON.stringify({
             Body: JSON.parse(this.getParam('kafkaEntry.value')).value,
@@ -797,6 +796,7 @@ describe('queue processor functional tests with mocking', () => {
                   },
                   groupId: 'backbeat-func-test-group-id',
                   mpuPartsConcurrency: 10,
+                  sourceCheckIfSizeGreaterThanMB: 10,
               },
             },
             { host: '127.0.0.1',
@@ -984,6 +984,62 @@ describe('queue processor functional tests with mocking', () => {
                     }),
             ], done);
         });
+
+        it('should check object MD if size is bigger than sourceCheckIfSizeGreaterThanMB', done => {
+            s3mock.setParam('contentLength', 100000000);
+            let checkMdCalled = false;
+            s3mock.setParam('routes.source.s3.getMetadata.handler',
+                (req, url, query, res) => {
+                    checkMdCalled = true;
+                    s3mock.resetParam('routes.source.s3.getMetadata.handler');
+                    s3mock._getMetadataSource(req, url, query, res);
+                }, { _static: true });
+
+            async.parallel([
+                done => {
+                    s3mock.onPutSourceMd = done;
+                },
+                done => queueProcessorSF.processReplicationEntry(
+                    s3mock.getParam('kafkaEntry'), err => {
+                        assert.ifError(err);
+                        assert.strictEqual(s3mock.hasPutTargetData, true);
+                        assert(s3mock.hasPutTargetMd);
+                        assert(checkMdCalled);
+                        done();
+                    }),
+            ], () => {
+                s3mock.resetParam('contentLength');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should not check object MD if size is smaller than sourceCheckIfSizeGreaterThanMB', done => {
+            s3mock.setParam('contentLength', 1);
+            let checkMdCalled = false;
+            s3mock.setParam('routes.source.s3.getMetadata.handler',
+                (req, url, query, res) => {
+                    checkMdCalled = true;
+                    s3mock.resetParam('routes.source.s3.getMetadata.handler');
+                    s3mock._getMetadataSource(req, url, query, res);
+                }, { _static: true });
+
+            async.parallel([
+                done => {
+                    s3mock.onPutSourceMd = done;
+                },
+                done => queueProcessorSF.processReplicationEntry(
+                    s3mock.getParam('kafkaEntry'), err => {
+                        assert.ifError(err);
+                        assert.strictEqual(s3mock.hasPutTargetData, true);
+                        assert(s3mock.hasPutTargetMd);
+                        assert.strictEqual(checkMdCalled, false);
+                        done();
+                    }),
+            ], () => {
+                s3mock.resetParam('contentLength');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
     });
 
     describe('error paths', function errorPaths() {
@@ -1451,6 +1507,25 @@ describe('queue processor functional tests with mocking', () => {
                 ], done);
             });
         });
+
+        it('should fail a replication if unable to get metadata', done => {
+            s3mock.setParam('contentLength', 100000000);
+            s3mock.installBackbeatErrorResponder('source.s3.getMetadata',
+                errors.ObjNotFound,
+                { once: true });
+            async.parallel([
+                done => queueProcessorSF.processReplicationEntry(
+                    s3mock.getParam('kafkaEntry'), err => {
+                        assert.ifError(err);
+                        assert(!s3mock.hasPutTargetData);
+                        assert(!s3mock.hasPutTargetMd);
+                        done();
+                    }),
+            ], () => {
+                s3mock.resetParam('contentLength');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
     });
 });