diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/async-uploads-improvements.md b/changelog/unreleased/async-uploads-improvements.md
index 4aea822007..453ab2963c 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/async-uploads-improvements.md
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/async-uploads-improvements.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Enhancement: Async Upload Improvements
 
 Collection of smaller fixes and quality of life improvements for async postprocessing, especially the upload part.
-Contains unit tests, 0 byte uploads, adjusted endpoint responses and more
+Contains unit tests, 0 byte uploads, adjusted endpoint responses and more. Adjust mtime when requested from upload.
+Add etag to upload info.
 
 https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/3556
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/3571
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/processing.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/processing.go
index 73ff6ec4d8..7b753ae7f5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/processing.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/processing.go
@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ func CreateNodeForUpload(upload *Upload, initAttrs map[string]string) (*node.Nod
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Decomposedfs: could not write metadata")
 	}
 
+	// overwrite mtime if requested
+	if upload.Info.MetaData["mtime"] != "" {
+		if err := n.SetMtimeString(upload.Info.MetaData["mtime"]); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// add etag to metadata
+	nfi, err := os.Stat(n.InternalPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	upload.Info.MetaData["etag"], _ = node.CalculateEtag(n.ID, nfi.ModTime())
+
 	// update nodeid for later
 	upload.Info.Storage["NodeId"] = n.ID
 	if err := upload.writeInfo(); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/upload.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/upload.go
index a533694092..3d689c064c 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/upload.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/upload.go
@@ -263,15 +263,13 @@ func (upload *Upload) FinishUpload(_ context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if upload.async {
-		// handle postprocessing asynchronously but inform there is something in progress
-		return upload.tp.Propagate(upload.Ctx, n, upload.sizeDiff)
-	}
-
-	err = upload.Finalize()
-	Cleanup(upload, err != nil, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !upload.async {
+		// handle postprocessing synchronously
+		err = upload.Finalize()
+		Cleanup(upload, err != nil, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return upload.tp.Propagate(upload.Ctx, n, upload.sizeDiff)
@@ -347,33 +345,6 @@ func (upload *Upload) Finalize() (err error) {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to upload file to blostore")
 	}
 
-	if upload.async {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	sublog := appctx.GetLogger(upload.Ctx).
-		With().
-		Interface("info", upload.Info).
-		Str("binPath", upload.binPath).
-		Str("targetPath", n.InternalPath()).
-		Str("spaceID", upload.Info.Storage["SpaceRoot"]).
-		Logger()
-
-	// tests sometimes set the mtime
-	if upload.Info.MetaData["mtime"] != "" {
-		if err := n.SetMtimeString(upload.Info.MetaData["mtime"]); err != nil {
-			sublog.Err(err).Interface("info", upload.Info).Msg("Decomposedfs: could not set mtime metadata")
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	// some clients need the etag in the upload metadata
-	fi, err := os.Stat(n.InternalPath())
-	if err != nil {
-		sublog.Err(err).Interface("info", upload.Info).Str("path", n.InternalPath()).Msg("Decomposedfs: could not stat file")
-		return err
-	}
-	upload.Info.MetaData["etag"], _ = node.CalculateEtag(n.ID, fi.ModTime())
 	return nil
 }