diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 54b479e58..4646d491b 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -1562,6 +1562,18 @@ func (er erasureObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object st
 		compIndex = opts.IndexCB()
 	}
 
+	if !opts.NoLock {
+		lk := er.NewNSLock(bucket, object)
+		lkctx, err := lk.GetLock(ctx, globalOperationTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ObjectInfo{}, err
+		}
+		ctx = lkctx.Context()
+		defer lk.Unlock(lkctx)
+	}
+
+	// Mint the generation while holding the commit lock. Staged uploads may
+	// acquire the lock in a different order from their encoding completion.
 	modTime := opts.MTime
 	if opts.MTime.IsZero() {
 		modTime = UTCNow()
@@ -1658,16 +1670,6 @@ func (er erasureObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object st
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !opts.NoLock {
-		lk := er.NewNSLock(bucket, object)
-		lkctx, err := lk.GetLock(ctx, globalOperationTimeout)
-		if err != nil {
-			return ObjectInfo{}, err
-		}
-		ctx = lkctx.Context()
-		defer lk.Unlock(lkctx)
-	}
-
 	if !opts.ReplicationRequest && !opts.ReplicaLockReconcile && !opts.DataMovement &&
 		(fi.VersionID == "" || fi.VersionID == nullVersionID) {
 		getObjectInfo := er.getObjectInfo
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-write-generation_test.go b/cmd/erasure-write-generation_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59913c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/erasure-write-generation_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Feng Ruohang
+//
+// This file is part of Silo Object Storage.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestPutObjectGenerationFollowsCommitLock(t *testing.T) {
+	z, bucket := consistencyPools(t)
+	for _, preserve := range []bool{false, true} {
+		t.Run(map[bool]string{false: "generated", true: "preserved"}[preserve], func(t *testing.T) {
+			const object = "ordered-generation"
+			set := z.serverPools[0].getHashedSet(object)
+			lock := set.NewNSLock(bucket, object)
+			lc, err := lock.GetLock(t.Context(), globalOperationTimeout)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			locked := true
+			defer func() {
+				if locked {
+					lock.Unlock(lc)
+				}
+			}()
+
+			opts := ObjectOptions{}
+			if preserve {
+				opts.MTime = time.Unix(1234567890, 0)
+			}
+			reader := mustGetPutObjReader(t, strings.NewReader("payload"), 7, "", "")
+			type result struct {
+				info ObjectInfo
+				err  error
+			}
+			done := make(chan result, 1)
+			go func() {
+				info, err := set.PutObject(t.Context(), bucket, object, reader, opts)
+				done <- result{info, err}
+			}()
+
+			// Wait for the real writer to queue behind the held namespace
+			// lock. No elapsed delay is used to infer its progress.
+			deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
+			for {
+				set.nsMutex.lockMapMutex.Lock()
+				entry := set.nsMutex.lockMap[pathJoin(bucket, object)]
+				waiting := entry != nil && entry.ref == 2
+				set.nsMutex.lockMapMutex.Unlock()
+				if waiting {
+					break
+				}
+				select {
+				case got := <-done:
+					t.Fatalf("PUT bypassed the held commit lock: %v", got.err)
+				default:
+				}
+				if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+					t.Fatal("PUT did not queue for the commit lock")
+				}
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+			}
+			beforeUnlock := UTCNow()
+			lock.Unlock(lc)
+			locked = false
+			got := <-done
+			if got.err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(got.err)
+			}
+			if preserve {
+				if !got.info.ModTime.Equal(opts.MTime) {
+					t.Fatalf("explicit modification time changed: %s", got.info.ModTime)
+				}
+			} else if got.info.ModTime.Before(beforeUnlock) {
+				t.Fatalf("generation %s predates commit lock release %s", got.info.ModTime, beforeUnlock)
+			}
+			for i, disk := range set.getDisks() {
+				fi, err := disk.ReadVersion(t.Context(), "", bucket, object, nullVersionID, ReadOptions{})
+				if err != nil || !fi.ModTime.Equal(got.info.ModTime) {
+					t.Errorf("disk %d stored a different generation: %s, %v", i, fi.ModTime, err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}