diff --git a/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go
index f5dc513c4..8e1fa326b 100644
--- a/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/redis/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ func (store *UniversalRedisStore) RollbackTransaction(ctx context.Context) error
 
 func (store *UniversalRedisStore) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
 
+	if err = store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
+	if name != "" {
+		_, err = store.Client.SAdd(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(dir), name).Result()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s in parent dir: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (store *UniversalRedisStore) doInsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) error {
 	value, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
@@ -49,21 +65,12 @@ func (store *UniversalRedisStore) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
 	}
-
-	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
-	if name != "" {
-		_, err = store.Client.SAdd(ctx, genDirectoryListKey(dir), name).Result()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s in parent dir: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (store *UniversalRedisStore) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
 
-	return store.InsertEntry(ctx, entry)
+	return store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry)
 }
 
 func (store *UniversalRedisStore) FindEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (entry *filer.Entry, err error) {
diff --git a/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
index 8b23472b9..0c79c5255 100644
--- a/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/redis2/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -47,17 +47,8 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) RollbackTransaction(ctx context.Context) erro
 
 func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
 
-	value, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
-	}
-
-	if len(entry.Chunks) > filer.CountEntryChunksForGzip {
-		value = util.MaybeGzipData(value)
-	}
-
-	if err = store.Client.Set(ctx, string(entry.FullPath), value, time.Duration(entry.TtlSec)*time.Second).Err(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	if err = store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
@@ -74,9 +65,25 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) doInsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) error {
+	value, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
+	}
+
+	if len(entry.Chunks) > filer.CountEntryChunksForGzip {
+		value = util.MaybeGzipData(value)
+	}
+
+	if err = store.Client.Set(ctx, string(entry.FullPath), value, time.Duration(entry.TtlSec)*time.Second).Err(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
 
-	return store.InsertEntry(ctx, entry)
+	return store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry)
 }
 
 func (store *UniversalRedis2Store) FindEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (entry *filer.Entry, err error) {
diff --git a/weed/filer/redis3/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer/redis3/universal_redis_store.go
index b076f78e7..88d4ed1e3 100644
--- a/weed/filer/redis3/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/redis3/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ package redis3
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/go-redsync/redsync/v4"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 
+	redsync "github.com/go-redsync/redsync/v4"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
@@ -35,17 +35,8 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis3Store) RollbackTransaction(ctx context.Context) erro
 
 func (store *UniversalRedis3Store) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
 
-	value, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
-	}
-
-	if len(entry.Chunks) > filer.CountEntryChunksForGzip {
-		value = util.MaybeGzipData(value)
-	}
-
-	if err = store.Client.Set(ctx, string(entry.FullPath), value, time.Duration(entry.TtlSec)*time.Second).Err(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	if err = store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
@@ -59,9 +50,25 @@ func (store *UniversalRedis3Store) InsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (store *UniversalRedis3Store) doInsertEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) error {
+	value, err := entry.EncodeAttributesAndChunks()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
+	}
+
+	if len(entry.Chunks) > filer.CountEntryChunksForGzip {
+		value = util.MaybeGzipData(value)
+	}
+
+	if err = store.Client.Set(ctx, string(entry.FullPath), value, time.Duration(entry.TtlSec)*time.Second).Err(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (store *UniversalRedis3Store) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, entry *filer.Entry) (err error) {
 
-	return store.InsertEntry(ctx, entry)
+	return store.doInsertEntry(ctx, entry)
 }
 
 func (store *UniversalRedis3Store) FindEntry(ctx context.Context, fullpath util.FullPath) (entry *filer.Entry, err error) {