diff --git a/pkg/services/object_manager/transformer/transformer.go b/pkg/services/object_manager/transformer/transformer.go
index 3b521a0e..ae9d4836 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object_manager/transformer/transformer.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object_manager/transformer/transformer.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ func (s *payloadSizeLimiter) initialize() {
 			s.parent.ResetRelations()
 			s.parentHashers = s.currentHashers
 			s.current = fromObject(s.parent)
+
+			// initialize blank split header
+			s.current.InitRelations()
 		}
 
 		// set previous object to the last previous identifier
@@ -217,9 +220,6 @@ func (s *payloadSizeLimiter) initializeLinking() {
 func (s *payloadSizeLimiter) writeChunk(chunk []byte) error {
 	// statement is true if the previous write of bytes reached exactly the boundary.
 	if s.written > 0 && s.written%s.maxSize == 0 {
-		// initialize blank split header
-		s.current.InitRelations()
-
 		// we need to release current object
 		if _, err := s.release(false); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not release object")