opts.Internal.SourceMTime = time.Time{} // this value is saved properly in CompleteMultipartUpload()
	var uploadID string
	attempts := 1
	for attempts <= 3 {
		nctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute)
		uploadID, err = c.NewMultipartUpload(nctx, bucket, object, opts)
		cancel()
		if err == nil {
			break
		}

	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse)
	c.Assert(err, nil)
	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, true)
	// uploadID to be used for rest of the multipart operations on the object.
	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID

	// content for the part to be uploaded.
	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
	// HTTP request for the part to be uploaded.

		{bucketName, objectName, uploadIDs[0], 2, "efgh", "1f7690ebdd9b4caf8fab49ca1757bf27", int64(len("efgh"))},
		{bucketName, objectName, uploadIDs[0], 3, "ijkl", "09a0877d04abf8759f99adec02baf579", int64(len("abcd"))},
		{bucketName, objectName, uploadIDs[0], 4, "mnop", "e132e96a5ddad6da8b07bba6f6131fef", int64(len("abcd"))},
		// Part with size larger than 5 MiB.