diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f16a25bb..a659176f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "verdaccio": "./bin/verdaccio"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@verdaccio/local-storage": "1.1.6",
+    "@verdaccio/local-storage": "1.1.7",
     "@verdaccio/streams": "1.0.0",
     "JSONStream": "1.3.5",
     "async": "3.0.1-0",
diff --git a/src/lib/local-storage.js b/src/lib/local-storage.js
index 2bd3ac9a3..f854bd5fd 100644
--- a/src/lib/local-storage.js
+++ b/src/lib/local-storage.js
@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ class LocalStorage implements IStorage {
       metadata = cleanUpReadme(metadata);
       metadata.contributors = normalizeContributors(metadata.contributors);
 
-      if (data.versions[version] != null) {
+
+      const hasVersion = data.versions[version] != null;
+      if (hasVersion) {
         return cb( ErrorCode.getConflict() );
       }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/api/local-storage.spec.js b/test/unit/api/local-storage.spec.js
index 8d398c767..2e4f93234 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/local-storage.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/api/local-storage.spec.js
@@ -364,16 +364,10 @@ describe('LocalStorage', () => {
         test('should fails on add a duplicated new tarball ', (done) => {
           const tarballData = JSON.parse(readMetadata('addTarball'));
           const stream = storage.addTarball(pkgName, tarballName);
-          let spy;
-          // $FlowFixMe
-          spy = jest.spyOn(stream &&  stream._readableState && stream._readableState.pipes, 'abort');
           stream.on('error', (err) => {
             expect(err).not.toBeNull();
             expect(err.statusCode).toEqual(HTTP_STATUS.CONFLICT);
             expect(err.message).toMatch(/this package is already present/);
-          });
-          stream.on('success', function(){
-            expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
             done();
           });
           stream.end(new Buffer(tarballData.data, 'base64'));
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4b2ad2765..542ea5d7c 100644
Binary files a/yarn.lock and b/yarn.lock differ