diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/shards_dump.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/shards_dump.go
index c035a39584..5c08424797 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/shards_dump.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/shards_dump.go
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ func dumpShard(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("rpc error: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	err = verifyResponse(resp.GetSignature(), resp.GetBody())
+	if err = verifyResponse(resp.GetSignature(), resp.GetBody()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	cmd.Println("Shard has been dumped successfully.")
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/synchronize_tree.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/synchronize_tree.go
index 023ce49ad1..16a7da3a84 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/synchronize_tree.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/control/synchronize_tree.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func synchronizeTree(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	pk, err := key.Get(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	var cnr cid.ID
 	cidStr, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(commonflags.CIDFlag)