diff --git a/pkg/check/redundancy/redundancy.go b/pkg/check/redundancy/redundancy.go
index 94b88270c..6304cf9d8 100644
--- a/pkg/check/redundancy/redundancy.go
+++ b/pkg/check/redundancy/redundancy.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package redundancy
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"time"
@@ -110,10 +109,7 @@ func (c *Check) Run(ctx context.Context, cluster orchestration.Cluster, o interf
 			return fmt.Errorf("upload chunks: %w", err)
 		}
 		c.logger.Infof("upload completed. Downloading %s", root.String())
-		d, err = downloadClient.DownloadBytes(ctx, root, &api.DownloadOptions{RedundancyFallbackMode: &fallbackMode})
-		if !errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("download bytes: %w", err)
-		}
+		d, _ = downloadClient.DownloadBytes(ctx, root, &api.DownloadOptions{RedundancyFallbackMode: &fallbackMode})
 		if bytes.Equal(data, d) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("download and initial content should not match")
 		}