diff --git a/pkg/api/controller_test.go b/pkg/api/controller_test.go
index 08cd4be1..5d870203 100644
--- a/pkg/api/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/controller_test.go
@@ -2665,7 +2665,7 @@ func TestCrossRepoMount(t *testing.T) {
 			SetBasicAuth(username, passphrase).SetQueryParams(params).
 			Post(baseURL + "/v2/zot-mount-test/blobs/uploads/")
 		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-		So(postResponse.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		So(postResponse.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, http.StatusAccepted)
 
 		params = make(map[string]string)
 		params["from"] = "zot-cve-test"
@@ -3902,7 +3902,7 @@ func TestRouteFailures(t *testing.T) {
 			resp = response.Result()
 			defer resp.Body.Close()
 			So(resp, ShouldNotBeNil)
-			So(resp.StatusCode, ShouldEqual, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+			So(resp.StatusCode, ShouldEqual, http.StatusAccepted)
 		})
 
 		Convey("Get blob upload", func() {
diff --git a/pkg/api/routes.go b/pkg/api/routes.go
index 9dcdd5a2..cc2ee998 100644
--- a/pkg/api/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/routes.go
@@ -716,13 +716,6 @@ func (rh *RouteHandler) CreateBlobUpload(response http.ResponseWriter, request *
 			return
 		}
 
-		from, ok := request.URL.Query()["from"]
-		if !ok || len(from) != 1 {
-			response.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-
-			return
-		}
-
 		// zot does not support cross mounting directly and do a workaround creating using hard link.
 		// check blob looks for actual path (name+mountDigests[0]) first then look for cache and
 		// if found in cache, will do hard link and if fails we will start new upload.