diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/blobstor.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/blobstor.go
index e0d4dc1e3f..ab9eeb7fd3 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/blobstor.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/blobstor.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func New(opts ...Option) *BlobStor {
 // Depth is reduced to maximum value in case of overflow.
 func WithShallowDepth(depth int) Option {
 	return func(c *cfg) {
-		if depth <= maxDepth {
+		if depth > maxDepth {
 			depth = maxDepth
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/fstree.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/fstree.go
index 29dd6048c0..d5d904a11a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/fstree.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/fstree.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type fsTree struct {
 
 const dirNameLen = 2 // in bytes
 
-var maxDepth = (hex.EncodedLen(sha256.Size) - 1) / dirNameLen
+var maxDepth = (sha256.Size - 1) / dirNameLen
 
 var errFileNotFound = errors.New("file not found")