diff --git a/pkg/innerring/rpc.go b/pkg/innerring/rpc.go
index 44890a349..dbf4d54e4 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/rpc.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/rpc.go
@@ -114,13 +114,21 @@ func (c *ClientCache) GetSG(task *audit.Task, id *object.ID) (*storagegroup.Stor
 }
 
 // GetHeader requests node from the container under audit to return object header by id.
-func (c *ClientCache) GetHeader(task *audit.Task, node *netmap.Node, id *object.ID) (*object.Object, error) {
+func (c *ClientCache) GetHeader(task *audit.Task, node *netmap.Node, id *object.ID, relay bool) (*object.Object, error) {
+	raw := true
+	ttl := uint32(1)
+
+	if relay {
+		ttl = 10 // todo: instead of hardcode value we can set TTL based on container length
+		raw = false
+	}
+
 	objAddress := new(object.Address)
 	objAddress.SetContainerID(task.ContainerID())
 	objAddress.SetObjectID(id)
 
 	headParams := new(client.ObjectHeaderParams)
-	headParams.WithRawFlag(true)
+	headParams.WithRawFlag(raw)
 	headParams.WithMainFields()
 	headParams.WithAddress(objAddress)
 
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ func (c *ClientCache) GetHeader(task *audit.Task, node *netmap.Node, id *object.
 	}
 
 	cctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(task.AuditContext(), c.headTimeout)
-	head, err := cli.GetObjectHeader(cctx, headParams, client.WithTTL(1))
+	head, err := cli.GetObjectHeader(cctx, headParams, client.WithTTL(ttl))
 
 	cancel()
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/audit/auditor/context.go b/pkg/services/audit/auditor/context.go
index eaef4ad90..282c17f99 100644
--- a/pkg/services/audit/auditor/context.go
+++ b/pkg/services/audit/auditor/context.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ type ContainerCommunicator interface {
 	GetSG(*audit.Task, *object.ID) (*storagegroup.StorageGroup, error)
 
 	// Must return object header from the container node.
-	GetHeader(*audit.Task, *netmap.Node, *object.ID) (*object.Object, error)
+	GetHeader(*audit.Task, *netmap.Node, *object.ID, bool) (*object.Object, error)
 
 	// Must return homomorphic Tillich-Zemor hash of payload range of the
 	// object stored in container node.
diff --git a/pkg/services/audit/auditor/pop.go b/pkg/services/audit/auditor/pop.go
index c46351d1a..bad3e9e6f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/audit/auditor/pop.go
+++ b/pkg/services/audit/auditor/pop.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (c *Context) processObjectPlacement(id *object.ID, nodes netmap.Nodes, repl
 
 	for i := 0; ok < replicas && i < len(nodes); i++ {
 		// try to get object header from node
-		hdr, err := c.cnrCom.GetHeader(c.task, nodes[i], id)
+		hdr, err := c.cnrCom.GetHeader(c.task, nodes[i], id, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			c.log.Debug("could not get object header from candidate",
 				zap.Stringer("id", id),
diff --git a/pkg/services/audit/auditor/por.go b/pkg/services/audit/auditor/por.go
index 82ade8e63..d783ded4e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/audit/auditor/por.go
+++ b/pkg/services/audit/auditor/por.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *Context) checkStorageGroupPoR(ind int, sg *object.ID) {
 		}
 
 		for _, node := range placement.FlattenNodes(objectPlacement) {
-			hdr, err := c.cnrCom.GetHeader(c.task, node, members[i])
+			hdr, err := c.cnrCom.GetHeader(c.task, node, members[i], true)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.log.Debug("can't head object",
 					zap.String("remote_node", node.Address()),