if err = checkGetObjArgs(ctx, bucket, object); err != nil {
		return objInfo, err
	}

	// This is a special call attempted first to check for SOS-API calls.
	objInfo, err = veeamSOSAPIHeadObject(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
	if err == nil {
		return objInfo, nil
	}

	// reset any error to 'nil', and object info to be empty.
	err = nil
	objInfo = ObjectInfo{}