diff --git a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go
index 47f79a6274..c59146e2ba 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go
@@ -97,10 +97,16 @@ func NewTraverser(opts ...Option) (*Traverser, error) {
 	} else {
 		rem = defaultCopiesVector(cfg.policy)
 
+		// compatibleZeroVector is a bool flag which is set when cfg.copyNumbers
+		// is [0]. In this case we should not modify `rem` slice unless track
+		// copies are ignored, because [0] means that all copies should be
+		// stored before returning OK to the client.
+		compatibleZeroVector := len(cfg.copyNumbers) == 1 && cfg.copyNumbers[0] == 0
+
 		for i := range rem {
 			if !cfg.trackCopies {
 				rem[i] = -1
-			} else if len(cfg.copyNumbers) > i {
+			} else if len(cfg.copyNumbers) > i && !compatibleZeroVector {
 				rem[i] = int(cfg.copyNumbers[i])
 			}
 		}