diff --git a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py
index ca0cf64e5a44cdaa4bdd1d1fe0999544f80724f9..bd3d02a10ecf6f72aa43767ab5f2ec0fb01f8831 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class GridftpFileTransferPlugin(FileTransferPlugin):
             fileInfo2['experimentName'] = experimentName
             fileMetadata = self.dsFileApi.statFile(experimentFilePath, experimentName, fileInfo2)
             # If we have not done md5 locally, update file info
-            if not self.md5Sum:
+            if not self.localMd5Sum:
                 fileInfo['md5Sum'] = fileMetadata.get('md5Sum')
 
             # Verify checksum
diff --git a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/rsyncFileTransferPlugin.py b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/rsyncFileTransferPlugin.py
index 99fa71797e704b9b3a18bdb8f46efd3e8c70cdd9..a2b58db90d129c60fc958feefad68a2ff4bdb082 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/rsyncFileTransferPlugin.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/rsyncFileTransferPlugin.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class RsyncFileTransferPlugin(FileTransferPlugin):
             fileInfo2['experimentName'] = experimentName
             fileMetadata = self.dsFileApi.statFile(experimentFilePath, experimentName, fileInfo2)
             # If we have not done md5 locally, update file info
-            if not self.md5Sum:
+            if not self.localMd5Sum:
                 fileInfo['md5Sum'] = fileMetadata.get('md5Sum')
 
             # Verify checksum