diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go b/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go
index 9fe4e0c7aa..6ca3b5905f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ loop:
 	}
 
 	if !h.traverser.Success() {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("(%T) incomplete object Head operation", h)
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(ErrNotFound, "(%T) incomplete object Head operation", h)
 	}
 
 	return resp, nil
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/service.go b/pkg/services/object/head/service.go
index 18ac0c0f90..535b25dcbf 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/service.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ type cfg struct {
 	rightChildSearcher RelationSearcher
 }
 
+var ErrNotFound = errors.New("object header not found")
+
 func defaultCfg() *cfg {
 	return &cfg{
 		workerPool: new(util.SyncWorkerPool),