diff --git a/pkg/object/error.go b/pkg/object/error.go
index 98bd3f22..96048c28 100644
--- a/pkg/object/error.go
+++ b/pkg/object/error.go
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ type SplitInfoError struct {
 
 const splitInfoErrorMsg = "object not found, split info has been provided"
 
-func (s SplitInfoError) Error() string {
+func (s *SplitInfoError) Error() string {
 	return splitInfoErrorMsg
 }
 
-func (s SplitInfoError) SplitInfo() *SplitInfo {
+func (s *SplitInfoError) SplitInfo() *SplitInfo {
 	return s.si
 }
 
-func NewSplitInfoError(v *SplitInfo) SplitInfoError {
-	return SplitInfoError{si: v}
+func NewSplitInfoError(v *SplitInfo) *SplitInfoError {
+	return &SplitInfoError{si: v}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/object/error_test.go b/pkg/object/error_test.go
index ce3bcd22..870c2d67 100644
--- a/pkg/object/error_test.go
+++ b/pkg/object/error_test.go
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ func TestNewSplitInfoError(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		si = generateSplitInfo()
 
-		err error = object.NewSplitInfoError(si)
+		err         error = object.NewSplitInfoError(si)
+		expectedErr *object.SplitInfoError
 	)
 
-	require.True(t, errors.As(err, new(object.SplitInfoError)))
+	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &expectedErr))
 
-	siErr, ok := err.(object.SplitInfoError)
+	siErr, ok := err.(*object.SplitInfoError)
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, si, siErr.SplitInfo())
 }