diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 15015a9669..820e0ff994 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-func newErrCreateHTTPRequest(err error) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("failed to create http request: %w", err)
-}
-
 // HTTPStatus returns HTTP status or (-1) for non-HTTP error.
 func HTTPStatus(err error) int {
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/api/object.go b/api/object.go
index 94e1e512a9..c45a51afdd 100644
--- a/api/object.go
+++ b/api/object.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (args *PutArgs) getBody() (io.ReadCloser, error) { return args.Reader.Open(
 func (args *PutArgs) put(reqArgs *cmn.HreqArgs) (*http.Request, error) {
 	req, err := reqArgs.Req()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, newErrCreateHTTPRequest(err)
+		return nil, cmn.NewErrCreateHreq(err)
 	}
 	// Go http doesn't automatically set this for files, so to handle redirect we do it here.
 	req.GetBody = args.getBody
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (args *PutArgs) put(reqArgs *cmn.HreqArgs) (*http.Request, error) {
 		if ckVal == "" {
 			_, ckhash, err := cos.CopyAndChecksum(io.Discard, args.Reader, nil, args.Cksum.Ty())
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, newErrCreateHTTPRequest(err)
+				return nil, cmn.NewErrCreateHreq(err)
 			}
 			ckVal = hex.EncodeToString(ckhash.Sum())
 		}
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func (args *AppendArgs) getBody() (io.ReadCloser, error) { return args.Reader.Op
 func (args *AppendArgs) _append(reqArgs *cmn.HreqArgs) (*http.Request, error) {
 	req, err := reqArgs.Req()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, newErrCreateHTTPRequest(err)
+		return nil, cmn.NewErrCreateHreq(err)
 	}
 	// The HTTP package doesn't automatically set this for files, so it has to be done manually
 	// If it wasn't set, we would need to deal with the redirect manually.
diff --git a/cmn/err.go b/cmn/err.go
index 5499febb1f..3b2e28911a 100644
--- a/cmn/err.go
+++ b/cmn/err.go
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ type (
 		ranges []string // RFC 7233
 		size   int64    // [0, size)
 	}
+	ErrCreateHreq struct {
+		err error // original
+	}
 )
 
 var (
@@ -977,6 +980,18 @@ func IsErrRangeNotSatisfiable(err error) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+// ErrCreateHreq
+
+func NewErrCreateHreq(err error) *ErrCreateHreq {
+	return &ErrCreateHreq{err}
+}
+
+func (e *ErrCreateHreq) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v (cannot create http request)", e.err)
+}
+
+func (e *ErrCreateHreq) Unwrap() (err error) { return e.err }
+
 //
 // more is-error helpers
 //