diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_object.py b/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
index 8f36df398f0..0b5d658b7b9 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_object.py
@@ -920,6 +920,8 @@ def get_current_object_tags_dict(module, s3, bucket, obj, version=None):
         return {}
     except is_boto3_error_code(("NoSuchTagSet", "NoSuchTagSetError")):
         return {}
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError:
+        return {}
     return boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(current_tags)