diff --git a/api/handler/handlers_test.go b/api/handler/handlers_test.go
index 42db0eb02..b4aa87ae0 100644
--- a/api/handler/handlers_test.go
+++ b/api/handler/handlers_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ type configMock struct {
 	defaultCopiesNumbers          []uint32
 	bypassContentEncodingInChunks bool
 	md5Enabled                    bool
+	tlsTerminationHeader          string
 }
 
 func (c *configMock) DefaultPlacementPolicy(_ string) netmap.PlacementPolicy {
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func (c *configMock) RetryStrategy() RetryStrategy {
 }
 
 func (c *configMock) TLSTerminationHeader() string {
-	return "X-Frostfs-TLS-Termination"
+	return c.tlsTerminationHeader
 }
 
 func prepareHandlerContext(t *testing.T) *handlerContext {
diff --git a/api/handler/put.go b/api/handler/put.go
index 68dbffa3f..bebc493d5 100644
--- a/api/handler/put.go
+++ b/api/handler/put.go
@@ -387,17 +387,7 @@ func (h *handler) formEncryptionParamsBase(r *http.Request, isCopySource bool) (
 		return
 	}
 
-	needCheckTLS := true
-	if tlsTerminationStr := r.Header.Get(h.cfg.TLSTerminationHeader()); len(tlsTerminationStr) > 0 {
-		tlsTermination, err := strconv.ParseBool(tlsTerminationStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			h.reqLogger(r.Context()).Warn(logs.WarnInvalidTypeTLSTerminationHeader, zap.String("header", tlsTerminationStr), zap.Error(err))
-		} else {
-			needCheckTLS = !tlsTermination
-		}
-	}
-
-	if needCheckTLS && r.TLS == nil {
+	if h.isTLSCheckRequired(r) && r.TLS == nil {
 		return enc, apierr.GetAPIError(apierr.ErrInsecureSSECustomerRequest)
 	}
 
@@ -445,6 +435,26 @@ func (h *handler) formEncryptionParamsBase(r *http.Request, isCopySource bool) (
 	return enc, err
 }
 
+func (h *handler) isTLSCheckRequired(r *http.Request) bool {
+	header := h.cfg.TLSTerminationHeader()
+	if header == "" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	tlsTerminationStr := r.Header.Get(header)
+	if tlsTerminationStr == "" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	tlsTermination, err := strconv.ParseBool(tlsTerminationStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.reqLogger(r.Context()).Warn(logs.WarnInvalidTypeTLSTerminationHeader, zap.String("header", tlsTerminationStr), zap.Error(err))
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return !tlsTermination
+}
+
 func (h *handler) PostObject(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var (
 		tagSet   map[string]string
diff --git a/api/handler/put_test.go b/api/handler/put_test.go
index d06fee758..53968a62e 100644
--- a/api/handler/put_test.go
+++ b/api/handler/put_test.go
@@ -636,8 +636,6 @@ func TestPutObjectWithContentLanguage(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFormEncryptionParamsBase(t *testing.T) {
-	hc := prepareHandlerContext(t)
-
 	userSecret := "test1customer2secret3with32char4"
 	expectedEncKey := []byte(userSecret)
 	emptyEncKey := []byte(nil)
@@ -770,7 +768,8 @@ func TestFormEncryptionParamsBase(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			r := prepareRequestForEncryption(tc.algo, tc.key, tc.md5, tc.tlsTermination, tc.reqWithoutTLS, tc.reqWithoutSSE, tc.isCopySource)
+			hc := prepareHandlerContext(t)
+			r := prepareRequestForEncryption(hc, tc.algo, tc.key, tc.md5, tc.tlsTermination, tc.reqWithoutTLS, tc.reqWithoutSSE, tc.isCopySource)
 
 			enc, err := hc.h.formEncryptionParamsBase(r, tc.isCopySource)
 			if tc.err != nil {
@@ -789,7 +788,7 @@ func TestFormEncryptionParamsBase(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func prepareRequestForEncryption(algo, key, md5, tlsTermination string, reqWithoutTLS, reqWithoutSSE, isCopySource bool) *http.Request {
+func prepareRequestForEncryption(hc *handlerContext, algo, key, md5, tlsTermination string, reqWithoutTLS, reqWithoutSSE, isCopySource bool) *http.Request {
 	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
 
 	if !reqWithoutTLS {
@@ -808,8 +807,10 @@ func prepareRequestForEncryption(algo, key, md5, tlsTermination string, reqWitho
 		}
 	}
 
+	customHeader := "X-Frostfs-TLS-Termination"
 	if tlsTermination != "" {
-		r.Header.Set("X-Frostfs-TLS-Termination", tlsTermination)
+		hc.config.tlsTerminationHeader = customHeader
+		r.Header.Set(customHeader, tlsTermination)
 	}
 
 	return r
diff --git a/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go b/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go
index 87414147d..fc6fd02de 100644
--- a/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go
+++ b/cmd/s3-gw/app_settings.go
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ const (
 
 	defaultAccessBoxCacheRemovingCheckInterval = 5 * time.Minute
 
-	defaultNamespaceHeader      = "X-Frostfs-Namespace"
-	defaultVHSHeader            = "X-Frostfs-S3-VHS"
-	defaultServernameHeader     = "X-Frostfs-Servername"
-	defaultTLSTerminationHeader = "X-Frostfs-TLS-Termination"
+	defaultNamespaceHeader  = "X-Frostfs-Namespace"
+	defaultVHSHeader        = "X-Frostfs-S3-VHS"
+	defaultServernameHeader = "X-Frostfs-Servername"
 
 	defaultMultinetFallbackDelay = 300 * time.Millisecond
 
@@ -950,9 +949,6 @@ func newSettings() *viper.Viper {
 	// multinet
 	v.SetDefault(cfgMultinetFallbackDelay, defaultMultinetFallbackDelay)
 
-	// encryption
-	v.SetDefault(cfgEncryptionTLSTerminationHeader, defaultTLSTerminationHeader)
-
 	// Bind flags
 	if err := bindFlags(v, flags); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("bind flags: %w", err))
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 24f90e6df..77cf4dc5f 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -869,6 +869,6 @@ encryption:
   tls_termination_header: X-Frostfs-TLS-Termination
 ```
 
-| Parameter                | Type     | SIGHUP reload | Default value               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
-|--------------------------|----------|---------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `tls_termination_header` | `string` | yes           | `X-Frostfs-TLS-Termination` | The header for determining whether TLS needs to be checked. If the system requests come through a proxy server and TLS can terminate at the proxy level, you should use this header to disable TLS verification at server-side encryption. |
+| Parameter                | Type     | SIGHUP reload | Default value | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+|--------------------------|----------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `tls_termination_header` | `string` | yes           |               | The header for determining whether TLS needs to be checked. If the system requests come through a proxy server and TLS can terminate at the proxy level, you should use this header to disable TLS verification at server-side encryption. If the header is not specified or an empty string is set as the value, TLS will always be checked. |