diff --git a/api/handler/delete.go b/api/handler/delete.go
index df65313ea..e707a31c1 100644
--- a/api/handler/delete.go
+++ b/api/handler/delete.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (h *handler) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		if obj.Error != nil {
 			errorObjects = append(errorObjects, formObjNameToLog(obj))
 			code := "BadRequest"
-			if s3err, ok := obj.Error.(errors.Error); ok {
+			if s3err, ok := errors.TransformToS3Error(obj.Error).(errors.Error); ok {
 				code = s3err.Code
 			}
 			response.Errors = append(response.Errors, DeleteError{
diff --git a/api/handler/delete_test.go b/api/handler/delete_test.go
index 3c377f824..fa389a6a0 100644
--- a/api/handler/delete_test.go
+++ b/api/handler/delete_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/data"
 	apierr "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/errors"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/layer/encryption"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-s3-gw/api/layer/frostfs"
 	apistatus "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"github.com/pquerna/otp"
@@ -143,6 +144,22 @@ func TestDeleteMultipleObjectCheckUniqueness(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, resp.DeletedObjects, 1)
 }
 
+func TestDeleteMultipleObjectCheckS3Error(t *testing.T) {
+	hc := prepareHandlerContext(t)
+
+	bktName, objName := "bucket", "object"
+	createTestBucket(hc, bktName)
+
+	putObject(hc, bktName, objName)
+
+	hc.tp.SetObjectError(addrFromObject(hc.tp.Objects()[0]), frostfs.ErrAccessDenied)
+
+	resp := deleteObjects(t, hc, bktName, [][2]string{{objName, emptyVersion}})
+	require.Empty(t, resp.DeletedObjects)
+	require.Len(t, resp.Errors, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "AccessDenied", resp.Errors[0].Code)
+}
+
 func TestDeleteObjectsError(t *testing.T) {
 	hc := prepareHandlerContext(t)