diff --git a/src/blobs.jl b/src/blobs.jl
index fd56292..9cc8902 100644
--- a/src/blobs.jl
+++ b/src/blobs.jl
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ API.startMultipartUpload(x::Container, key; kw...) = nothing
 function API.uploadPart(x::Container, url, part, partNumber, uploadId; kw...)
     blockid = base64encode(lpad(partNumber - 1, 64, '0'))
     resp = Azure.put(url, [], part; query=Dict("comp" => "block", "blockid" => blockid), kw...)
-    return (blockid, resp.metrics.request_body_length)
+    body_length = if hasproperty(resp, :metrics)
+        resp.metrics.request_body_length
+    else
+        Base.get(resp.request.context, :nbytes_written, 0)
+    end
+    return (blockid, body_length)
 end
 
 function API.completeMultipartUpload(x::Container, url, eTags, uploadId; kw...)
diff --git a/src/get.jl b/src/get.jl
index 011fe82..e488a5d 100644
--- a/src/get.jl
+++ b/src/get.jl
@@ -226,11 +226,21 @@ function getObjectImpl(x::AbstractStore, key::String, out::ResponseBodyType=noth
                     # directly as HTTP receives the response body
                     _res = view(res, _rng)
                     r = getObject(x, url, _headers; response_stream=_res, kw...)
-                    Threads.atomic_add!(nbytes, r.metrics.response_body_length)
+                    body_length = if hasproperty(resp, :metrics)
+                        resp.metrics.request_body_length
+                    else
+                        contentLength
+                    end
+                    Threads.atomic_add!(nbytes, body_length)
                 else
                     buf = view(buffers[$i], 1:min(partSize, length(rng)))
                     r = getObject(x, url, _headers; response_stream=buf, kw...)
-                    Threads.atomic_add!(nbytes, r.metrics.response_body_length)
+                    body_length = if hasproperty(resp, :metrics)
+                        resp.metrics.request_body_length
+                    else
+                        contentLength
+                    end
+                    Threads.atomic_add!(nbytes, body_length)
                     put!(() -> write(body, buf), sync, _n)
                 end
             end