diff --git a/pkg/persistence/object_store.go b/pkg/persistence/object_store.go
index 93bcfcc6dd..8805146f77 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/object_store.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/object_store.go
@@ -235,14 +235,6 @@ func (s *objectBackupStore) PutBackup(info BackupInfo) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-		if info.Metadata == nil {
-			// If we don't have metadata, something failed, and there's no point in continuing. An object
-			// storage bucket that is missing the metadata file can't be restored, nor can its logs be
-			// viewed.
-			return nil
-		}
-	*/
 	if info.Metadata != nil {
 		if err := seekAndPutObject(s.objectStore, s.bucket, s.layout.getBackupMetadataKey(info.Name), info.Metadata); err != nil {
 			// failure to upload metadata file is a hard-stop
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/object_store_test.go b/pkg/persistence/object_store_test.go
index 137d93e6c7..f3cb554866 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/object_store_test.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/object_store_test.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func TestPutBackup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:            "don't upload data when metadata is nil",
+			name:            "data should be uploaded even when metadata is nil",
 			metadata:        nil,
 			contents:        newStringReadSeeker("contents"),
 			log:             newStringReadSeeker("log"),
@@ -320,7 +320,13 @@ func TestPutBackup(t *testing.T) {
 			snapshots:       newStringReadSeeker("snapshots"),
 			resourceList:    newStringReadSeeker("resourceList"),
 			expectedErr:     "",
-			expectedKeys:    []string{"backups/backup-1/backup-1-logs.gz"},
+			expectedKeys: []string{
+				"backups/backup-1/backup-1.tar.gz",
+				"backups/backup-1/backup-1-logs.gz",
+				"backups/backup-1/backup-1-podvolumebackups.json.gz",
+				"backups/backup-1/backup-1-volumesnapshots.json.gz",
+				"backups/backup-1/backup-1-resource-list.json.gz",
+			},
 		},
 	}