diff --git a/lib/api/apiUtils/object/prepareStream.js b/lib/api/apiUtils/object/prepareStream.js
index 493e25f185..be3f6c69ca 100644
--- a/lib/api/apiUtils/object/prepareStream.js
+++ b/lib/api/apiUtils/object/prepareStream.js
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ function prepareStream(stream, streamingV4Params, log, errCb) {
     return stream;
 }
 
-function stripTrailingChecksumStream(stream, log) {
+function stripTrailingChecksumStream(stream, log, errCb) {
     // don't do anything if we are not in the correct integrity check mode
     if (stream.headers['x-amz-content-sha256'] !== 'STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER') {
         return stream;
     }
 
     const trailingChecksumTransform = new TrailingChecksumTransform(log);
+    trailingChecksumTransform.on('error', errCb);
     stream.pipe(trailingChecksumTransform);
     trailingChecksumTransform.headers = stream.headers;
     return trailingChecksumTransform;
diff --git a/tests/unit/auth/TrailingChecksumTransform.js b/tests/unit/auth/TrailingChecksumTransform.js
index 9cae54e659..dd88b3719b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/auth/TrailingChecksumTransform.js
+++ b/tests/unit/auth/TrailingChecksumTransform.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const async = require('async');
 const { Readable } = require('stream');
 
 const TrailingChecksumTransform = require('../../../lib/auth/streamingV4/trailingChecksumTransform');
+const { stripTrailingChecksumStream } = require('../../../lib/api/apiUtils/object/prepareStream');
 const { DummyRequestLogger } = require('../helpers');
 
 const log = new DummyRequestLogger();
@@ -170,6 +171,28 @@ describe('TrailingChecksumTransform class', () => {
         chunkedReader.pipe(trailingChecksumTransform);
     });
 
+    it('should propagate _flush error via errCb when stream closes without chunked encoding', done => {
+        const incompleteData = '10\r\n01234\r6789abcd\r\n\r\n';
+        const source = new ChunkedReader([Buffer.from(incompleteData)]);
+        source.headers = { 'x-amz-content-sha256': 'STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER' };
+        const stream = stripTrailingChecksumStream(source, log, err => {
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(err, errors.InvalidArgument);
+            done();
+        });
+        stream.resume();
+    });
+
+    it('should propagate _transform error via errCb for invalid chunk size', done => {
+        const badData = '500000000000\r\n';
+        const source = new ChunkedReader([Buffer.from(badData)]);
+        source.headers = { 'x-amz-content-sha256': 'STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER' };
+        const stream = stripTrailingChecksumStream(source, log, err => {
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(err, errors.InvalidArgument);
+            done();
+        });
+        stream.resume();
+    });
+
     it('should return early if supplied with an out of specification chunk size', done => {
         const trailingChecksumTransform = new TrailingChecksumTransform(log);
         const chunks = [