diff --git a/pool/pool.go b/pool/pool.go
index 9dd4eb5..fa1fa72 100644
--- a/pool/pool.go
+++ b/pool/pool.go
@@ -760,7 +760,11 @@ func (c *clientWrapper) objectPatch(ctx context.Context, prm PrmObjectPatch) (Re
 	}
 
 	res, err := pObj.Close(ctx)
-	if err = c.handleError(ctx, res.Status(), err); err != nil {
+	var st apistatus.Status
+	if res != nil {
+		st = res.Status()
+	}
+	if err = c.handleError(ctx, st, err); err != nil {
 		return ResPatchObject{}, fmt.Errorf("client failure: %w", err)
 	}