diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
index 28718687..4ac1ed19 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
@@ -55,13 +55,18 @@ func add(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
 	cnr.Encode(rawCID)
 
+	var bt []byte
+	if t := common.ReadBearerToken(cmd, bearerFlagKey); t != nil {
+		bt = t.Marshal()
+	}
+
 	req := new(tree.AddRequest)
 	req.Body = &tree.AddRequest_Body{
 		ContainerId: rawCID,
 		TreeId:      tid,
 		ParentId:    pid,
 		Meta:        meta,
-		BearerToken: common.ReadBearerToken(cmd, bearerFlagKey).Marshal(),
+		BearerToken: bt,
 	}
 
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "signing message: %w", tree.SignMessage(req, pk))
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go
index 284dab63..f5d5083b 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ func addByPath(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 
 	path, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(pathFlagKey)
 
+	var bt []byte
+	if t := common.ReadBearerToken(cmd, bearerFlagKey); t != nil {
+		bt = t.Marshal()
+	}
+
 	req := new(tree.AddByPathRequest)
 	req.Body = &tree.AddByPathRequest_Body{
 		ContainerId:   rawCID,
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ func addByPath(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		// PathAttribute: pAttr,
 		Path:        strings.Split(path, "/"),
 		Meta:        meta,
-		BearerToken: common.ReadBearerToken(cmd, bearerFlagKey).Marshal(),
+		BearerToken: bt,
 	}
 
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "signing message: %w", tree.SignMessage(req, pk))