diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/head.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/head.go
index 4052cee5a..f0386b00f 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/head.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/head.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package engine
 import (
 	objectSDK "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/object"
+	meta "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Head(prm *HeadPrm) (*HeadRes, error) {
 		head  *object.Object
 		siErr *objectSDK.SplitInfoError
 
+		outSI    *objectSDK.SplitInfo
 		outError = object.ErrNotFound
 	)
 
@@ -77,9 +79,22 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Head(prm *HeadPrm) (*HeadRes, error) {
 			switch {
 			case errors.Is(err, object.ErrNotFound):
 				return false // ignore, go to next shard
-			case
-				errors.Is(err, object.ErrAlreadyRemoved),
-				errors.As(err, &siErr):
+			case errors.As(err, &siErr):
+				siErr = err.(*objectSDK.SplitInfoError)
+
+				if outSI == nil {
+					outSI = objectSDK.NewSplitInfo()
+				}
+
+				meta.MergeSplitInfo(siErr.SplitInfo(), outSI)
+
+				// stop iterating over shards if SplitInfo structure is complete
+				if outSI.Link() != nil && outSI.LastPart() != nil {
+					return true
+				}
+
+				return false
+			case errors.Is(err, object.ErrAlreadyRemoved):
 				outError = err
 
 				return true // stop, return it back
@@ -100,6 +115,10 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Head(prm *HeadPrm) (*HeadRes, error) {
 		return true
 	})
 
+	if outSI != nil {
+		return nil, objectSDK.NewSplitInfoError(outSI)
+	}
+
 	if head == nil {
 		return nil, outError
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
index 2589c5cd8..bfe6bcb63 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func updateSplitInfo(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr *objectSDK.Address, from *objectSDK.Spli
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't unmarshal split info from root index: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	result := mergeSplitInfo(from, to)
+	result := MergeSplitInfo(from, to)
 
 	rawSplitInfo, err = result.Marshal()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ func splitInfoFromObject(obj *object.Object) (*objectSDK.SplitInfo, error) {
 	return info, nil
 }
 
-// mergeSplitInfo ignores conflicts and rewrites `to` with non empty values
+// MergeSplitInfo ignores conflicts and rewrites `to` with non empty values
 // from `from`.
-func mergeSplitInfo(from, to *objectSDK.SplitInfo) *objectSDK.SplitInfo {
+func MergeSplitInfo(from, to *objectSDK.SplitInfo) *objectSDK.SplitInfo {
 	to.SetSplitID(from.SplitID()) // overwrite SplitID and ignore conflicts
 
 	if lp := from.LastPart(); lp != nil {