diff --git a/api/handler/put.go b/api/handler/put.go
index c6725ee0..503e2d0a 100644
--- a/api/handler/put.go
+++ b/api/handler/put.go
@@ -249,9 +249,7 @@ func (h *handler) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if settings, err = h.obj.GetBucketSettings(r.Context(), bktInfo); err != nil {
-		h.log.Warn("couldn't get bucket versioning", zap.String("bucket name", reqInfo.BucketName), zap.Error(err))
-	} else if settings.VersioningEnabled {
+	if settings.VersioningEnabled {
 		w.Header().Set(api.AmzVersionID, info.Version())
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/handler/versioning.go b/api/handler/versioning.go
index 21f94370..30959db4 100644
--- a/api/handler/versioning.go
+++ b/api/handler/versioning.go
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ func (h *handler) GetBucketVersioningHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 
 	settings, err := h.obj.GetBucketSettings(r.Context(), bktInfo)
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.IsS3Error(err, errors.ErrNoSuchBucket) {
-			h.logAndSendError(w, "couldn't get versioning settings", reqInfo, err)
-			return
-		}
 		h.log.Warn("couldn't get version settings object: default version settings will be used",
 			zap.String("request_id", reqInfo.RequestID),
 			zap.String("method", reqInfo.API),
diff --git a/api/layer/system_object.go b/api/layer/system_object.go
index a57fb30d..0008955c 100644
--- a/api/layer/system_object.go
+++ b/api/layer/system_object.go
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ func (n *layer) GetBucketSettings(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo)
 
 	obj, err := n.getSystemObjectFromNeoFS(ctx, bktInfo, bktInfo.SettingsObjectName())
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.IsS3Error(err, errors.ErrNoSuchKey) {
+			return &data.BucketSettings{}, nil
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}