diff --git a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go
index 62c006a..b9a0e7e 100644
--- a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go
@@ -134,10 +134,11 @@
 		MoreHeaders: h,
 		OkCodes:     []int{200, 304},
 	})
-
-	res.Body = resp.Body
+	if resp != nil {
+		res.Header = resp.Header
+		res.Body = resp.Body
+	}
 	res.Err = err
-	res.Header = resp.Header
 
 	return res
 }
@@ -214,7 +215,9 @@
 	}
 
 	resp, err := c.Request("PUT", url, ropts)
-	res.Header = resp.Header
+	if resp != nil {
+		res.Header = resp.Header
+	}
 	res.Err = err
 	return res
 }
@@ -270,7 +273,9 @@
 		MoreHeaders: h,
 		OkCodes:     []int{201},
 	})
-	res.Header = resp.Header
+	if resp != nil {
+		res.Header = resp.Header
+	}
 	res.Err = err
 	return res
 }
@@ -310,7 +315,9 @@
 	}
 
 	resp, err := c.Delete(url, nil)
-	res.Header = resp.Header
+	if resp != nil {
+		res.Header = resp.Header
+	}
 	res.Err = err
 	return res
 }
@@ -354,7 +361,9 @@
 	resp, err := c.Request("HEAD", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{
 		OkCodes: []int{200, 204},
 	})
-	res.Header = resp.Header
+	if resp != nil {
+		res.Header = resp.Header
+	}
 	res.Err = err
 	return res
 }
@@ -410,7 +419,9 @@
 	resp, err := c.Request("POST", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{
 		MoreHeaders: h,
 	})
-	res.Header = resp.Header
+	if resp != nil {
+		res.Header = resp.Header
+	}
 	res.Err = err
 	return res
 }