diff --git a/fs/operations/operations.go b/fs/operations/operations.go
index a7e2f6d50ac30..62d03ab37ee8a 100644
--- a/fs/operations/operations.go
+++ b/fs/operations/operations.go
@@ -332,9 +332,29 @@ func SameObject(src, dst fs.Object) bool {
 //
 // It returns the destination object if possible.  Note that this may
 // be nil.
+//
+// This is accounted as a check.
 func Move(ctx context.Context, fdst fs.Fs, dst fs.Object, remote string, src fs.Object) (newDst fs.Object, err error) {
+	return move(ctx, fdst, dst, remote, src, false)
+}
+
+// MoveTransfer moves src object to dst or fdst if nil. If dst is nil
+// then it uses remote as the name of the new object.
+//
+// This is identical to Move but is accounted as a transfer.
+func MoveTransfer(ctx context.Context, fdst fs.Fs, dst fs.Object, remote string, src fs.Object) (newDst fs.Object, err error) {
+	return move(ctx, fdst, dst, remote, src, true)
+}
+
+// move - see Move for help
+func move(ctx context.Context, fdst fs.Fs, dst fs.Object, remote string, src fs.Object, isTransfer bool) (newDst fs.Object, err error) {
 	ci := fs.GetConfig(ctx)
-	tr := accounting.Stats(ctx).NewCheckingTransfer(src, "moving")
+	var tr *accounting.Transfer
+	if isTransfer {
+		tr = accounting.Stats(ctx).NewTransfer(src)
+	} else {
+		tr = accounting.Stats(ctx).NewCheckingTransfer(src, "moving")
+	}
 	defer func() {
 		if err == nil {
 			accounting.Stats(ctx).Renames(1)
@@ -1695,7 +1715,7 @@ func moveOrCopyFile(ctx context.Context, fdst fs.Fs, fsrc fs.Fs, dstFileName str
 	}
 
 	// Choose operations
-	Op := Move
+	Op := MoveTransfer
 	if cp {
 		Op = Copy
 	}
@@ -1797,6 +1817,8 @@ func moveOrCopyFile(ctx context.Context, fdst fs.Fs, fsrc fs.Fs, dstFileName str
 }
 
 // MoveFile moves a single file possibly to a new name
+//
+// This is treated as a transfer.
 func MoveFile(ctx context.Context, fdst fs.Fs, fsrc fs.Fs, dstFileName string, srcFileName string) (err error) {
 	return moveOrCopyFile(ctx, fdst, fsrc, dstFileName, srcFileName, false)
 }
diff --git a/fs/sync/sync.go b/fs/sync/sync.go
index 255dfaf1a9fde..18a8b67b774a8 100644
--- a/fs/sync/sync.go
+++ b/fs/sync/sync.go
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func (s *syncCopyMove) pairCopyOrMove(ctx context.Context, in *pipe, fdst fs.Fs,
 		dst := pair.Dst
 		if s.DoMove {
 			if src != dst {
-				_, err = operations.Move(ctx, fdst, dst, src.Remote(), src)
+				_, err = operations.MoveTransfer(ctx, fdst, dst, src.Remote(), src)
 			} else {
 				// src == dst signals delete the src
 				err = operations.DeleteFile(ctx, src)