diff --git a/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/GoogleCloudStorageBlobStore.java b/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/GoogleCloudStorageBlobStore.java
index 10ebfc176a..1cb927e6fa 100644
--- a/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/GoogleCloudStorageBlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecloudstorage/blobstore/GoogleCloudStorageBlobStore.java
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ public final class GoogleCloudStorageBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
 
    @Override
    public String putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
-      if (options.isMultipart()) {
+      if (options.isMultipart() || !blob.getPayload().isRepeatable()) {
+         // JCLOUDS-912 prevents using single-part uploads with InputStream payloads.
+         // Work around this with multi-part upload which buffers parts in-memory.
          return putMultipartBlob(container, blob, options);
       } else {
          checkNotNull(blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentLength());