diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
index 6780e6dd3..0d28383a2 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ func newPolicyContractReaderInterface(cmd *cobra.Command) (*morph.ContractStorag
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to create NEO rpc client: %w", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
-	var ch util.Uint160
 	r := management.NewReader(inv)
 	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 
-	ch, err = helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, nnsCs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.PolicyContract))
+	ch, err := helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, nnsCs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.PolicyContract))
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to resolve policy contract hash: %w", err)
 
 	invokerAdapter := &invokerAdapter{