diff --git a/pkg/object/splitid_test.go b/pkg/object/splitid_test.go
index 8adcc860..04b40f7b 100644
--- a/pkg/object/splitid_test.go
+++ b/pkg/object/splitid_test.go
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ func TestSplitID(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 }
+
diff --git a/pkg/object/tombstone.go b/pkg/object/tombstone.go
index 469e6846..add7f5d5 100644
--- a/pkg/object/tombstone.go
+++ b/pkg/object/tombstone.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 type Tombstone tombstone.Tombstone
 
 // NewTombstoneFromV2 wraps v2 Tombstone message to Tombstone.
+//
+// Nil tombstone.Tombstone converts to nil.
 func NewTombstoneFromV2(tV2 *tombstone.Tombstone) *Tombstone {
 	return (*Tombstone)(tV2)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/object/tombstone_test.go b/pkg/object/tombstone_test.go
index 21103baf..f9a06505 100644
--- a/pkg/object/tombstone_test.go
+++ b/pkg/object/tombstone_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/tombstone"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -63,3 +64,11 @@ func TestTombstoneEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, ts, ts2)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestNewTombstoneFromV2(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("from nil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var x *tombstone.Tombstone
+
+		require.Nil(t, NewTombstoneFromV2(x))
+	})
+}