diff --git a/pkg/services/object/ape/request.go b/pkg/services/object/ape/request.go
index bdce9767..b81fe8c3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/ape/request.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/ape/request.go
@@ -17,36 +17,38 @@ import (
 
 type request struct {
 	operation  string
-	resource   *resource
+	resource   resource
 	properties map[string]string
 }
 
-var _ aperesource.Request = (*request)(nil)
+var defaultRequest = request{}
+
+var _ aperesource.Request = request{}
 
 type resource struct {
 	name       string
 	properties map[string]string
 }
 
-var _ aperesource.Resource = (*resource)(nil)
+var _ aperesource.Resource = resource{}
 
-func (r *resource) Name() string {
+func (r resource) Name() string {
 	return r.name
 }
 
-func (r *resource) Property(key string) string {
+func (r resource) Property(key string) string {
 	return r.properties[key]
 }
 
-func (r *request) Operation() string {
+func (r request) Operation() string {
 	return r.operation
 }
 
-func (r *request) Property(key string) string {
+func (r request) Property(key string) string {
 	return r.properties[key]
 }
 
-func (r *request) Resource() aperesource.Resource {
+func (r request) Resource() aperesource.Resource {
 	return r.resource
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ func objectProperties(cnr cid.ID, oid *oid.ID, cnrOwner user.ID, header *objectV
 // newAPERequest creates an APE request to be passed to a chain router. It collects resource properties from
 // header provided by headerProvider. If it cannot be found in headerProvider, then properties are
 // initialized from header given in prm (if it is set). Otherwise, just CID and OID are set to properties.
-func (c *checkerImpl) newAPERequest(ctx context.Context, prm Prm) (*request, error) {
+func (c *checkerImpl) newAPERequest(ctx context.Context, prm Prm) (request, error) {
 	switch prm.Method {
 	case nativeschema.MethodGetObject,
 		nativeschema.MethodHeadObject,
@@ -131,11 +133,11 @@ func (c *checkerImpl) newAPERequest(ctx context.Context, prm Prm) (*request, err
 		nativeschema.MethodHashObject,
 		nativeschema.MethodDeleteObject:
 		if prm.Object == nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("method %s: %w", prm.Method, errMissingOID)
+			return defaultRequest, fmt.Errorf("method %s: %w", prm.Method, errMissingOID)
 		}
 	case nativeschema.MethodSearchObject, nativeschema.MethodPutObject:
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown method: %s", prm.Method)
+		return defaultRequest, fmt.Errorf("unknown method: %s", prm.Method)
 	}
 
 	var header *objectV2.Header
@@ -148,9 +150,9 @@ func (c *checkerImpl) newAPERequest(ctx context.Context, prm Prm) (*request, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &request{
+	return request{
 		operation: prm.Method,
-		resource: &resource{
+		resource: resource{
 			name:       resourceName(prm.Container, prm.Object, prm.Namespace),
 			properties: objectProperties(prm.Container, prm.Object, prm.ContainerOwner, header),
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/ape/request_test.go b/pkg/services/object/ape/request_test.go
index c5b43fa8..71e234e7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/ape/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/ape/request_test.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func TestNewAPERequest(t *testing.T) {
 
 					expectedRequest := request{
 						operation: method,
-						resource: &resource{
+						resource: resource{
 							name: resourceName(cnr, obj, prm.Namespace),
 							properties: objectProperties(cnr, obj, testCnrOwner, func() *objectV2.Header {
 								if headerObjSDK != nil {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func TestNewAPERequest(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					}
 
-					require.Equal(t, expectedRequest, *r)
+					require.Equal(t, expectedRequest, r)
 				})
 			}
 		})