diff --git a/downloader/download.go b/downloader/download.go
index e1939cb..32a6dcc 100644
--- a/downloader/download.go
+++ b/downloader/download.go
@@ -358,14 +358,19 @@ func (d *Downloader) byAttribute(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, f func(request, *pool.P
 	if n == 0 {
 		err = res.Close()
 
-		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			log.Error("object not found", zap.Error(err))
-			response.Error(c, "object not found", fasthttp.StatusNotFound)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				log.Error("object not found", zap.Error(err))
+				response.Error(c, "object not found", fasthttp.StatusNotFound)
+				return
+			}
+
+			log.Error("read object list failed", zap.Error(err))
+			response.Error(c, "read object list failed: "+err.Error(), fasthttp.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
 
-		log.Error("read object list failed", zap.Error(err))
-		response.Error(c, "read object list failed: "+err.Error(), fasthttp.StatusBadRequest)
+		response.Error(c, "Not Found", fasthttp.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration_test.go b/integration_test.go
index 73b6629..4d9c6a8 100644
--- a/integration_test.go
+++ b/integration_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("put with duplicate keys "+image, func(t *testing.T) { putWithDuplicateKeys(t, CID) })
 		t.Run("simple get "+image, func(t *testing.T) { simpleGet(ctx, t, clientPool, ownerID, CID, signer) })
 		t.Run("get by attribute "+image, func(t *testing.T) { getByAttr(ctx, t, clientPool, ownerID, CID, signer) })
+		t.Run("get by attribute, not found "+image, func(t *testing.T) { getByAttrNotFound(t) })
 		t.Run("get zip "+image, func(t *testing.T) { getZip(ctx, t, clientPool, ownerID, CID, signer) })
 
 		cancel()
@@ -273,6 +274,15 @@ func getByAttr(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, clientPool *pool.Pool, ownerID
 	checkGetByAttrResponse(t, resp, content, expectedAttr)
 }
 
+func getByAttrNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	keyAttr, valAttr := "some-attr-no", "some-get-by-attr-value-no"
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(testHost + "/get_by_attribute/" + testContainerName + "/" + keyAttr + "/" + valAttr)
+
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusNotFound, resp.StatusCode)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func getZip(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, clientPool *pool.Pool, ownerID user.ID, CID cid.ID, signer user.Signer) {
 	names := []string{"zipfolder/dir/name1.txt", "zipfolder/name2.txt"}
 	contents := []string{"content of file1", "content of file2"}