diff --git a/core/commands/add.go b/core/commands/add.go
index 80697d285..2b3297e52 100644
--- a/core/commands/add.go
+++ b/core/commands/add.go
@@ -232,15 +232,6 @@ func add(n *core.IpfsNode, readers []io.Reader) ([]*dag.Node, error) {
 	return dagnodes, nil
 }
 
-func addNode(n *core.IpfsNode, node *dag.Node) error {
-	err := n.DAG.AddRecursive(node) // add the file to the graph + local storage
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func addFile(n *core.IpfsNode, file files.File, out chan interface{}, progress bool, wrap bool) (*dag.Node, error) {
 	if file.IsDirectory() {
 		return addDir(n, file, out, progress)
@@ -309,7 +300,7 @@ func addDir(n *core.IpfsNode, dir files.File, out chan interface{}, progress boo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = addNode(n, tree)
+	_, err = n.DAG.Add(tree)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/commands/object.go b/core/commands/object.go
index e4400199b..9d7b30665 100644
--- a/core/commands/object.go
+++ b/core/commands/object.go
@@ -384,13 +384,8 @@ var ErrEmptyNode = errors.New("no data or links in this node")
 
 // objectPut takes a format option, serializes bytes from stdin and updates the dag with that data
 func objectPut(n *core.IpfsNode, input io.Reader, encoding string) (*Object, error) {
-	var (
-		dagnode *dag.Node
-		data    []byte
-		err     error
-	)
 
-	data, err = ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(input, inputLimit+10))
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(input, inputLimit+10))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -399,6 +394,7 @@ func objectPut(n *core.IpfsNode, input io.Reader, encoding string) (*Object, err
 		return nil, ErrObjectTooLarge
 	}
 
+	var dagnode *dag.Node
 	switch getObjectEnc(encoding) {
 	case objectEncodingJSON:
 		node := new(Node)
@@ -429,7 +425,7 @@ func objectPut(n *core.IpfsNode, input io.Reader, encoding string) (*Object, err
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = addNode(n, dagnode)
+	_, err = n.DAG.Add(dagnode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}