diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index eb1426f98c..422b43212a 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1857,6 +1857,59 @@ static int create_tmpfile(struct strbuf *tmp, const char *filename)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+static int start_loose_object_common(struct strbuf *tmp_file,
+				     const char *filename, unsigned flags,
+				     git_zstream *stream,
+				     unsigned char *buf, size_t buflen,
+				     git_hash_ctx *c,
+				     char *hdr, int hdrlen)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = create_tmpfile(tmp_file, filename);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		if (flags & HASH_SILENT)
+			return -1;
+		else if (errno == EACCES)
+			return error(_("insufficient permission for adding "
+				       "an object to repository database %s"),
+				     get_object_directory());
+		else
+			return error_errno(
+				_("unable to create temporary file"));
+	}
+
+	/*  Setup zlib stream for compression */
+	git_deflate_init(stream, zlib_compression_level);
+	stream->next_out = buf;
+	stream->avail_out = buflen;
+	the_hash_algo->init_fn(c);
+
+	/*  Start to feed header to zlib stream */
+	stream->next_in = (unsigned char *)hdr;
+	stream->avail_in = hdrlen;
+	while (git_deflate(stream, 0) == Z_OK)
+		; /* nothing */
+	the_hash_algo->update_fn(c, hdr, hdrlen);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+static void end_loose_object_common(int ret, git_hash_ctx *c,
+				    git_zstream *stream,
+				    struct object_id *parano_oid,
+				    const struct object_id *expected_oid,
+				    const char *die_msg1_fmt,
+				    const char *die_msg2_fmt)
+{
+	if (ret != Z_STREAM_END)
+		die(_(die_msg1_fmt), ret, expected_oid);
+	ret = git_deflate_end_gently(stream);
+	if (ret != Z_OK)
+		die(_(die_msg2_fmt), ret, expected_oid);
+	the_hash_algo->final_oid_fn(parano_oid, c);
+}
+
 static int write_loose_object(const struct object_id *oid, char *hdr,
 			      int hdrlen, const void *buf, unsigned long len,
 			      time_t mtime, unsigned flags)
@@ -1871,28 +1924,18 @@ static int write_loose_object(const struct object_id *oid, char *hdr,
 
 	loose_object_path(the_repository, &filename, oid);
 
-	fd = create_tmpfile(&tmp_file, filename.buf);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		if (flags & HASH_SILENT)
-			return -1;
-		else if (errno == EACCES)
-			return error(_("insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database %s"), get_object_directory());
-		else
-			return error_errno(_("unable to create temporary file"));
-	}
-
-	/* Set it up */
-	git_deflate_init(&stream, zlib_compression_level);
-	stream.next_out = compressed;
-	stream.avail_out = sizeof(compressed);
-	the_hash_algo->init_fn(&c);
-
-	/* First header.. */
-	stream.next_in = (unsigned char *)hdr;
-	stream.avail_in = hdrlen;
-	while (git_deflate(&stream, 0) == Z_OK)
-		; /* nothing */
-	the_hash_algo->update_fn(&c, hdr, hdrlen);
+	/* Common steps for write_loose_object and stream_loose_object to
+	 * start writing loose oject:
+	 *
+	 *  - Create tmpfile for the loose object.
+	 *  - Setup zlib stream for compression.
+	 *  - Start to feed header to zlib stream.
+	 */
+	fd = start_loose_object_common(&tmp_file, filename.buf, flags,
+				       &stream, compressed, sizeof(compressed),
+				       &c, hdr, hdrlen);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
 
 	/* Then the data itself.. */
 	stream.next_in = (void *)buf;
@@ -1907,14 +1950,16 @@ static int write_loose_object(const struct object_id *oid, char *hdr,
 		stream.avail_out = sizeof(compressed);
 	} while (ret == Z_OK);
 
-	if (ret != Z_STREAM_END)
-		die(_("unable to deflate new object %s (%d)"), oid_to_hex(oid),
-		    ret);
-	ret = git_deflate_end_gently(&stream);
-	if (ret != Z_OK)
-		die(_("deflateEnd on object %s failed (%d)"), oid_to_hex(oid),
-		    ret);
-	the_hash_algo->final_oid_fn(&parano_oid, &c);
+	/* Common steps for write_loose_object and stream_loose_object to
+	 * end writing loose oject:
+	 *
+	 *  - End the compression of zlib stream.
+	 *  - Get the calculated oid to "parano_oid".
+	 */
+	end_loose_object_common(ret, &c, &stream, &parano_oid, oid,
+				N_("unable to deflate new object %s (%d)"),
+				N_("deflateEnd on object %s failed (%d)"));
+
 	if (!oideq(oid, &parano_oid))
 		die(_("confused by unstable object source data for %s"),
 		    oid_to_hex(oid));
