diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go b/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go
index 60bc5f6813..70883de876 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go
@@ -487,26 +487,24 @@ func (fs *eosfs) GetPathByID(ctx context.Context, id *provider.ResourceId) (stri
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "eosfs: no user in ctx")
 	}
+
+	var auth eosclient.Authorization
 	if utils.IsLightweightUser(u) {
-		daemonAuth := utils.GetDaemonAuth()
-		eosFileInfo, err := fs.c.GetFileInfoByInode(ctx, daemonAuth, fid)
+		auth = utils.GetDaemonAuth()
+	} else {
+		auth, err = fs.getUserAuth(ctx, u, "")
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", errors.Wrap(err, "eosfs: error getting file info by inode")
-		}
-		if perm := fs.permissionSet(ctx, eosFileInfo, nil); perm.GetPath {
-			return fs.unwrap(ctx, eosFileInfo.File)
+			return "", err
 		}
-		return "", errtypes.PermissionDenied("eosfs: getting path for id not allowed")
 	}
 
-	userAuth, err := fs.getUserAuth(ctx, u, "")
+	eosFileInfo, err := fs.c.GetFileInfoByInode(ctx, auth, fid)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "eosfs: error getting file info by inode")
 	}
 
-	eosFileInfo, err := fs.c.GetFileInfoByInode(ctx, userAuth, fid)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "eosfs: error getting file info by inode")
+	if perm := fs.permissionSet(ctx, eosFileInfo, nil); !perm.GetPath {
+		return "", errtypes.PermissionDenied("eosfs: getting path for id not allowed")
 	}
 
 	return fs.unwrap(ctx, eosFileInfo.File)