diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobContainer.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobContainer.java
index f960664306f08..a9600681d1605 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobContainer.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/fs/FsBlobContainer.java
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ public InputStream readBlob(String name) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public void writeBlob(String blobName, InputStream inputStream, long blobSize) throws IOException {
-        if (blobExists(blobName)) {
-            throw new FileAlreadyExistsException("blob [" + blobName + "] already exists, cannot overwrite");
-        }
         final Path file = path.resolve(blobName);
         try (OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(file, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW)) {
             Streams.copy(inputStream, outputStream);
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/ESBlobStoreContainerTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/ESBlobStoreContainerTestCase.java
index 8aff12edc8a53..743be6d1bcb01 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/ESBlobStoreContainerTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/ESBlobStoreContainerTestCase.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public void testVerifyOverwriteFails() throws IOException {
             final BytesArray bytesArray = new BytesArray(data);
             writeBlob(container, blobName, bytesArray);
             // should not be able to overwrite existing blob
-            expectThrows(IOException.class, () -> writeBlob(container, blobName, bytesArray));
+            expectThrows(FileAlreadyExistsException.class, () -> writeBlob(container, blobName, bytesArray));
             container.deleteBlob(blobName);
             writeBlob(container, blobName, bytesArray); // after deleting the previous blob, we should be able to write to it again
         }