diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go b/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go
index 7b3e22b90..d1a5d7ebd 100644
--- a/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go
+++ b/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package filersink
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"sync"
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/operation"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
-	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/security"
 )
 
 func (fs *FilerSink) replicateChunks(sourceChunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk, path string) (replicatedChunks []*filer_pb.FileChunk, err error) {
@@ -67,62 +65,41 @@ func (fs *FilerSink) fetchAndWrite(sourceChunk *filer_pb.FileChunk, path string)
 	}
 	defer util.CloseResponse(resp)
 
-	var host string
-	var auth security.EncodedJwt
-
-	if err := fs.WithFilerClient(false, func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
-		return util.Retry("assignVolume", func() error {
-			request := &filer_pb.AssignVolumeRequest{
-				Count:       1,
-				Replication: fs.replication,
-				Collection:  fs.collection,
-				TtlSec:      fs.ttlSec,
-				DataCenter:  fs.dataCenter,
-				DiskType:    fs.diskType,
-				Path:        path,
+	fileId, uploadResult, err, _ := operation.UploadWithRetry(
+		fs,
+		&filer_pb.AssignVolumeRequest{
+			Count:       1,
+			Replication: fs.replication,
+			Collection:  fs.collection,
+			TtlSec:      fs.ttlSec,
+			DataCenter:  fs.dataCenter,
+			DiskType:    fs.diskType,
+			Path:        path,
+		},
+		&operation.UploadOption{
+			Filename:          filename,
+			Cipher:            false,
+			IsInputCompressed: "gzip" == header.Get("Content-Encoding"),
+			MimeType:          header.Get("Content-Type"),
+			PairMap:           nil,
+		},
+		func(host, fileId string) string {
+			fileUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/%s", host, fileId)
+			if fs.writeChunkByFiler {
+				fileUrl = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/?proxyChunkId=%s", fs.address, fileId)
 			}
+			glog.V(4).Infof("replicating %s to %s header:%+v", filename, fileUrl, header)
+			return fileUrl
+		},
+		resp.Body,
+	)
 
-			resp, err := client.AssignVolume(context.Background(), request)
-			if err != nil {
-				glog.V(0).Infof("assign volume failure %v: %v", request, err)
-				return err
-			}
-			if resp.Error != "" {
-				return fmt.Errorf("assign volume failure %v: %v", request, resp.Error)
-			}
-
-			fileId, host, auth = resp.FileId, resp.Location.Url, security.EncodedJwt(resp.Auth)
-
-			return nil
-		})
-	}); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("filerGrpcAddress assign volume: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	fileUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/%s", host, fileId)
-	if fs.writeChunkByFiler {
-		fileUrl = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/?proxyChunkId=%s", fs.address, fileId)
-	}
-
-	glog.V(4).Infof("replicating %s to %s header:%+v", filename, fileUrl, header)
-
-	// fetch data as is, regardless whether it is encrypted or not
-	uploadOption := &operation.UploadOption{
-		UploadUrl:         fileUrl,
-		Filename:          filename,
-		Cipher:            false,
-		IsInputCompressed: "gzip" == header.Get("Content-Encoding"),
-		MimeType:          header.Get("Content-Type"),
-		PairMap:           nil,
-		Jwt:               auth,
-	}
-	uploadResult, err, _ := operation.Upload(resp.Body, uploadOption)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.V(0).Infof("upload source data %v to %s: %v", sourceChunk.GetFileIdString(), fileUrl, err)
+		glog.V(0).Infof("upload source data %v: %v", sourceChunk.GetFileIdString(), err)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("upload data: %v", err)
 	}
 	if uploadResult.Error != "" {
-		glog.V(0).Infof("upload failure %v to %s: %v", filename, fileUrl, err)
+		glog.V(0).Infof("upload failure %v: %v", filename, err)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("upload result: %v", uploadResult.Error)
 	}