diff --git a/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js b/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
index 266a2278f8..2703185cea 100644
--- a/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
+++ b/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ function routeBackbeat(clientIP, request, response, log) {
                 requestType: 'ReplicateObject',
                 request,
             };
-            return metadataValidateBucketAndObj(mdValParams, false, log, next);
+            return metadataValidateBucketAndObj(mdValParams, request.isImplicitIdentityDeny, log, next);
         },
         (bucketInfo, objMd, next) => {
             if (useMultipleBackend) {