diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/put.go
index e2535d9e29..223a73bef4 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/put.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (c *cache) putSmall(obj objectInfo) error {
 		)
 		c.objCounters.IncDB()
 	}
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 // putBig writes object to FSTree and pushes it to the flush workers queue.