diff --git a/cmd/neofs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize.go b/cmd/neofs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize.go
index 809937905..7f8479a75 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize.go
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ func openAlphabetWallets(walletDir string) ([]*wallet.Wallet, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *initializeContext) awaitTx() error {
+	if len(c.Hashes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	c.Command.Println("Waiting for transactions to persist...")
 
 	tick := time.NewTicker(c.PollInterval)