diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/raw/list_targets.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/raw/list_targets.go
index a66dd9a3e..b0627e392 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/raw/list_targets.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/raw/list_targets.go
@@ -84,10 +84,15 @@ func initPolicyReader(cmd *cobra.Command) (*invoker.Invoker, util.Uint160) {
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't init rpc client: %w", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(rpcCli, nil)
+
+	policyHashStr, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(policyHashFlag)
+	if policyHash, err := util.Uint160DecodeStringLE(policyHashStr); err == nil {
+		return inv, policyHash
+	}
+
 	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(management.NewReader(inv), 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 
-	policyHashStr, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(policyHashFlag)
 	policyHash, err := helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, nnsCs.Hash, policyHashStr)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't resolve NNS policy contract: %w", err)