the_hash_algo->final_fn(f->buffer, &f->ctx);
        if (result)
                hashcpy(result, f->buffer);
-       if (flags & (CSUM_CLOSE | CSUM_FSYNC)) {
-               /* write checksum and close fd */
+       if (flags & CSUM_HASH_IN_STREAM)
                flush(f, f->buffer, the_hash_algo->rawsz);
-               if (flags & CSUM_FSYNC)
-                       fsync_or_die(f->fd, f->name);
+       if (flags & CSUM_FSYNC)
+               fsync_or_die(f->fd, f->name);
+       if (flags & CSUM_CLOSE) {
                if (close(f->fd))
                        die_errno("%s: sha1 file error on close", f->name);
                fd = 0;