diff --git a/pkg/core/container/storage.go b/pkg/core/container/storage.go
index fc899f360..5f6f23d2f 100644
--- a/pkg/core/container/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/core/container/storage.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package container
 import (
 	"errors"
 
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container"
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
 )
@@ -14,15 +15,18 @@ type Source interface {
 	// It returns the pointer to requested container and any error encountered.
 	//
 	// Get must return exactly one non-nil value.
-	// Get must return ErrNotFound if the container is not in storage.
+	// Get must return apistatus.ContainerNotFound if the container is not in storage.
 	//
 	// Implementations must not retain the container pointer and modify
 	// the container through it.
 	Get(*cid.ID) (*container.Container, error)
 }
 
-// ErrNotFound is the error returned when container was not found in storage.
-var ErrNotFound = errors.New("container not found")
+// IsErrNotFound checks if error returned by Source.Get corresponds
+// to missing container.
+func IsErrNotFound(err error) bool {
+	return errors.As(err, new(apistatus.ContainerNotFound))
+}
 
 // ErrEACLNotFound is returned by eACL storage implementations when
 // requested eACL table is not in storage.
diff --git a/pkg/morph/client/container/get.go b/pkg/morph/client/container/get.go
index bc25e5962..43663ec96 100644
--- a/pkg/morph/client/container/get.go
+++ b/pkg/morph/client/container/get.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	containerContract "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-contract/container"
 	core "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/container"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/morph/client"
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container"
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/session"
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@ func (c *Client) Get(cid []byte) (*container.Container, error) {
 	res, err := c.client.TestInvoke(prm)
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), containerContract.NotFoundError) {
-			return nil, core.ErrNotFound
+			var errNotFound apistatus.ContainerNotFound
+
+			return nil, errNotFound
 		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not perform test invocation (%s): %w", getMethod, err)
 	} else if ln := len(res); ln != 1 {
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/errors.go b/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/errors.go
index 77c714c8b..5db87fe7c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/errors.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ var (
 	ErrMalformedRequest = errors.New("malformed request")
 	// ErrUnknownRole is returned when role of the sender is unknown.
 	ErrUnknownRole = errors.New("can't classify request sender")
-	// ErrUnknownContainer is returned when container fetching errors appeared.
-	ErrUnknownContainer = errors.New("can't fetch container info")
 	// ErrInvalidVerb is returned when session token verb doesn't include necessary operation.
 	ErrInvalidVerb = errors.New("session token verb is invalid")
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/service.go b/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/service.go
index 43c131af8..4d32ad384 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/acl/v2/service.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package v2
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	objectV2 "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/object"
@@ -410,8 +411,10 @@ func (b Service) findRequestInfo(
 	cid *cidSDK.ID,
 	op eaclSDK.Operation) (info RequestInfo, err error) {
 	cnr, err := b.containers.Get(cid) // fetch actual container
-	if err != nil || cnr.OwnerID() == nil {
-		return info, ErrUnknownContainer
+	if err != nil {
+		return info, err
+	} else if cnr.OwnerID() == nil {
+		return info, errors.New("missing owner in container descriptor")
 	}
 
 	// find request role and key
diff --git a/pkg/services/policer/check.go b/pkg/services/policer/check.go
index a7b1b73d4..aad915bfa 100644
--- a/pkg/services/policer/check.go
+++ b/pkg/services/policer/check.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package policer
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/container"
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ func (p *Policer) processObject(ctx context.Context, addr *addressSDK.Address) {
 			zap.Stringer("cid", addr.ContainerID()),
 			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
 		)
-		if errors.Is(err, container.ErrNotFound) {
+		if container.IsErrNotFound(err) {
 			prm := new(engine.InhumePrm)
 			prm.MarkAsGarbage(addr)
 			_, err := p.jobQueue.localStorage.Inhume(prm)