diff --git a/cmd/neofs-ir/defaults.go b/cmd/neofs-ir/defaults.go
index 780080d2c..715dce1ee 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-ir/defaults.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-ir/defaults.go
@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ func defaultConfiguration(cfg *viper.Viper) {
 	cfg.SetDefault("audit.timeout.get", "5s")
 	cfg.SetDefault("audit.timeout.head", "5s")
 	cfg.SetDefault("audit.timeout.rangehash", "5s")
+	cfg.SetDefault("audit.timeout.search", "10s")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/innerring.go b/pkg/innerring/innerring.go
index a6ff34953..51ea3cb87 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/innerring.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/innerring.go
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, log *zap.Logger, cfg *viper.Viper) (*Server, error
 		MorphClient:       server.morphClient,
 		IRList:            server,
 		ClientCache:       clientCache,
+		RPCSearchTimeout:  cfg.GetDuration("audit.timeout.search"),
 		TaskManager:       auditTaskManager,
 		Reporter:          server,
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go
index 5bd65998e..0e5bc0bbc 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package audit
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/container"
@@ -134,8 +133,7 @@ func (ap *Processor) findStorageGroups(cid *container.ID, shuffled netmap.Nodes)
 		sgSearchParams.WithContainerID(cid)
 		sgSearchParams.WithSearchFilters(sgFilter)
 
-		// fixme: timeout from config
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), ap.searchTimeout)
 		result, err := cli.SearchObject(ctx, sgSearchParams)
 		cancel()
 
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go
index d764cea46..8652486b8 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package audit
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 	SDKClient "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/client"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ type (
 		morphClient       *client.Client
 		irList            Indexer
 		clientCache       NeoFSClientCache
+		searchTimeout     time.Duration
 
 		containerClient *wrapContainer.Wrapper
 		netmapClient    *wrapNetmap.Wrapper
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ type (
 		MorphClient       *client.Client
 		IRList            Indexer
 		ClientCache       NeoFSClientCache
+		RPCSearchTimeout  time.Duration
 		TaskManager       TaskManager
 		Reporter          audit.Reporter
 	}
@@ -90,6 +93,10 @@ func New(p *Params) (*Processor, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("ir/audit: global state is not set")
 	case p.ClientCache == nil:
 		return nil, errors.New("ir/audit: neofs RPC client cache is not set")
+	case p.TaskManager == nil:
+		return nil, errors.New("ir/audit: audit task manager is not set")
+	case p.Reporter == nil:
+		return nil, errors.New("ir/audit: audit result reporter is not set")
 	}
 
 	pool, err := ants.NewPool(ProcessorPoolSize, ants.WithNonblocking(true))
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ func New(p *Params) (*Processor, error) {
 		morphClient:       p.MorphClient,
 		irList:            p.IRList,
 		clientCache:       p.ClientCache,
+		searchTimeout:     p.RPCSearchTimeout,
 		containerClient:   containerClient,
 		netmapClient:      netmapClient,
 		taskManager:       p.TaskManager,