diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
index d570e8be1d..33bf078aad 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -560,9 +560,12 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
                   return immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalArgumentException("illegal range: " + s));
                }
 
-               if (offset > last || last + 1 > data.length) {
+               if (offset > last) {
                   return immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalArgumentException("illegal range: " + s));
                }
+               if (last + 1 > data.length) {
+                  last = data.length - 1;
+               }
                out.write(data, offset, last - offset + 1);
             }
             ContentMetadata cmd = blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata();
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index 182d015093..ed85a5ca0f 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -606,9 +606,12 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
                   return immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalArgumentException("illegal range: " + s));
                }
 
-               if (offset > last || last + 1 > data.length) {
+               if (offset > last) {
                   return immediateFailedFuture(new IllegalArgumentException("illegal range: " + s));
                }
+               if (last + 1 > data.length) {
+                  last = data.length - 1;
+               }
                out.write(data, offset, last - offset + 1);
             }
             ContentMetadata cmd = blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata();