diff --git a/src/common/checksum.c b/src/common/checksum.c
index 69cf89ab07a..c36f14e3c6d 100644
--- a/src/common/checksum.c
+++ b/src/common/checksum.c
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ daos_csummer_compare_csum_info(struct daos_csummer *obj,
 		match = daos_csummer_csum_compare(obj, ci_idx2csum(a, i),
 						  ci_idx2csum(b, i),
 						  a->cs_len);
+		if (unlikely(!match))
+			D_ERROR("Checksum mismatch at index %d/%d "DF_CI_BUF" != "DF_CI_BUF"\n", i,
+				a->cs_nr, DP_CI_BUF(ci_idx2csum(a, i), a->cs_len),
+				DP_CI_BUF(ci_idx2csum(b, i), b->cs_len));
 	}
 
 	return match;
diff --git a/src/object/cli_csum.h b/src/object/cli_csum.h
index 3b1431b8c1f..566c707054d 100644
--- a/src/object/cli_csum.h
+++ b/src/object/cli_csum.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include <daos/cont_props.h>
 #include "obj_internal.h"
 
+/** How many times to retry UPDATE RPCs on checksum error */
+#define MAX_CSUM_RETRY 10
+
 int dc_obj_csum_update(struct daos_csummer *csummer, struct cont_props props, daos_obj_id_t param,
 		       daos_key_t *dkey, daos_iod_t *iods, d_sg_list_t *sgls, const uint32_t iod_nr,
 		       struct dcs_layout *layout, struct dcs_csum_info **dkey_csum,
diff --git a/src/object/cli_obj.c b/src/object/cli_obj.c
index 2c0c0a952ea..318ba0cb51e 100644
--- a/src/object/cli_obj.c
+++ b/src/object/cli_obj.c
@@ -4684,12 +4684,15 @@ obj_comp_cb(tse_task_t *task, void *data)
 	int			rc;
 
 	obj_auxi = tse_task_stack_pop(task, sizeof(*obj_auxi));
-	obj_auxi->io_retry = 0;
-	obj_auxi->result = 0;
-	obj_auxi->csum_retry = 0;
-	obj_auxi->tx_uncertain = 0;
-	obj_auxi->nvme_io_err = 0;
 	obj = obj_auxi->obj;
+
+	/** Clear various bits for a new attempt */
+	obj_auxi->io_retry	= 0;
+	obj_auxi->result	= 0;
+	obj_auxi->csum_retry	= 0;
+	obj_auxi->tx_uncertain	= 0;
+	obj_auxi->nvme_io_err	= 0;
+
 	rc = obj_comp_cb_internal(obj_auxi);
 	if (rc != 0 || obj_auxi->result) {
 		if (task->dt_result == 0)
@@ -4760,9 +4763,28 @@ obj_comp_cb(tse_task_t *task, void *data)
 						obj_auxi->tx_uncertain = 1;
 					else
 						obj_auxi->nvme_io_err = 1;
-				} else if (task->dt_result != -DER_NVME_IO) {
-					/* Don't retry update for CSUM & UNCERTAIN errors */
-					obj_auxi->io_retry = 0;
+				} else {
+					if (obj_auxi->opc == DAOS_OBJ_RPC_UPDATE &&
+					    task->dt_result == -DER_CSUM) {
+						struct shard_rw_args *rw_arg = &obj_auxi->rw_args;
+
+						/** Retry a few times on checksum error on update */
+						if (rw_arg->csum_retry_cnt < MAX_CSUM_RETRY) {
+							obj_auxi->csum_retry = 1;
+							rw_arg->csum_retry_cnt++;
+							D_DEBUG(DB_IO, DF_OID" checksum error on "
+								"update, retrying\n",
+								DP_OID(obj->cob_md.omd_id));
+						} else {
+							D_ERROR(DF_OID" checksum error on update, "
+								"too many retries. Failing I/O\n",
+								DP_OID(obj->cob_md.omd_id));
+							obj_auxi->io_retry = 0;
+						}
+					} else if (task->dt_result != -DER_NVME_IO) {
+						/* Don't retry update for UNCERTAIN errors */
+						obj_auxi->io_retry = 0;
+					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				obj_auxi->io_retry = 0;
diff --git a/src/object/obj_internal.h b/src/object/obj_internal.h
index ec6aa3b817e..ae5c9c82fd1 100644
--- a/src/object/obj_internal.h
+++ b/src/object/obj_internal.h
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ struct shard_rw_args {
 	struct dcs_csum_info	*dkey_csum;
 	struct dcs_iod_csums	*iod_csums;
 	struct obj_reasb_req	*reasb_req;
+	uint16_t		 csum_retry_cnt;
 };
 
 struct coll_sparse_targets {
@@ -474,8 +475,8 @@ struct obj_auxi_args {
 					 rebuilding:1,
 					 for_migrate:1;
 	/* request flags. currently only: ORF_RESEND */
-	uint32_t			 flags;
 	uint32_t			 specified_shard;
+	uint32_t			 flags;
 	uint16_t			 retry_cnt;
 	uint16_t			 inprogress_cnt;
 	struct obj_req_tgts		 req_tgts;