diff --git a/swift3/controllers/obj.py b/swift3/controllers/obj.py
index 97d511bd..9b55c913 100644
--- a/swift3/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift3/controllers/obj.py
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from swift.common.http import HTTP_OK, is_success
+from swift.common.http import HTTP_OK
 from swift.common.swob import Range, content_range_header_value
-from swift.proxy.controllers.base import get_container_info
 
 from swift3.controllers.base import Controller
 from swift3.response import S3NotImplemented, InvalidRange, \
-    HTTPPartialContent, NoSuchBucket, NoSuchKey
+    HTTPPartialContent, NoSuchKey
 
 
 class ObjectController(Controller):
@@ -113,11 +112,7 @@ class ObjectController(Controller):
         try:
             resp = req.get_response(self.app)
         except NoSuchKey:
-            sw_req = req.to_swift_req(
-                self.app, req.container_name, req.object_name)
-            info = get_container_info(sw_req.environ, self.app)
-            if is_success(info['status']):
-                raise
-            else:
-                raise NoSuchBucket(req.container_name)
+            # expect to raise NoSuchBucket when the bucket doesn't exist
+            req.get_container_info(self.app)
+            raise
         return resp
diff --git a/swift3/request.py b/swift3/request.py
index e550dc1b..59ba36f1 100644
--- a/swift3/request.py
+++ b/swift3/request.py
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ from swift.common.http import HTTP_OK, HTTP_CREATED, HTTP_ACCEPTED, \
     HTTP_CONFLICT, HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE, \
     HTTP_PARTIAL_CONTENT, HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED, HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED, \
     HTTP_REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE, HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED, \
-    HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+    HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, is_success
 
 from swift.common.constraints import check_utf8
+from swift.proxy.controllers.base import get_container_info
 
 from swift3.controllers import ServiceController, BucketController, \
     ObjectController, AclController, MultiObjectDeleteController, \
@@ -680,6 +681,25 @@ class Request(swob.Request):
 
         return value
 
+    def get_container_info(self, app):
+        """
+        get_container_info will return a result dict of get_container_info
+        from the backend Swift.
+
+        :returns: a dictionary of container info from
+                  swift.controllers.base.get_container_info
+        :raises: NoSuchBucket when the container doesn't exist
+        :raises: InternalError when the request failed without 404
+        """
+        sw_req = self.to_swift_req(app, self.container_name, None)
+        info = get_container_info(sw_req.environ, app)
+        if is_success(info['status']):
+            return info
+        elif info['status'] == 404:
+            raise NoSuchBucket(self.container_name)
+        else:
+            raise InternalError('unexpected status code %d' % info['status'])
+
 
 class S3AclRequest(Request):
     """
diff --git a/swift3/test/unit/test_obj.py b/swift3/test/unit/test_obj.py
index bd796df7..5d568452 100644
--- a/swift3/test/unit/test_obj.py
+++ b/swift3/test/unit/test_obj.py
@@ -567,13 +567,13 @@ class TestSwift3Obj(Swift3TestCase):
                                        swob.HTTPServiceUnavailable)
         self.assertEquals(code, 'InternalError')
 
-        with patch('swift3.controllers.obj.get_container_info',
+        with patch('swift3.request.get_container_info',
                    return_value={'status': 204}):
             code = self._test_method_error('DELETE', '/bucket/object',
                                            swob.HTTPNotFound)
             self.assertEquals(code, 'NoSuchKey')
 
-        with patch('swift3.controllers.obj.get_container_info',
+        with patch('swift3.request.get_container_info',
                    return_value={'status': 404}):
             code = self._test_method_error('DELETE', '/bucket/object',
                                            swob.HTTPNotFound)
diff --git a/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py b/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py
index 4396a1bb..a0859471 100644
--- a/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py
+++ b/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from swift3.test.unit.test_middleware import Swift3TestCase
 from swift3.cfg import CONF
 from swift3.request import Request as S3_Request
 from swift3.request import S3AclRequest
-from swift3.response import InvalidArgument
+from swift3.response import InvalidArgument, NoSuchBucket, InternalError
 
 
 Fake_ACL_MAP = {
@@ -276,6 +276,23 @@ class TestRequest(Swift3TestCase):
             sw_req = s3_req.to_swift_req(method, container, obj)
             self.assertTrue(sw_req.environ['swift.proxy_access_log_made'])
 
+    def test_get_container_info(self):
+        req = Request.blank('/bucket', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'},
+                            headers={'Authorization': 'AWS test:tester:hmac'})
+        s3_req = S3_Request(req.environ, True)
+        with patch('swift3.request.get_container_info',
+                   return_value={'status': 204}):
+            info = s3_req.get_container_info(MagicMock())
+            self.assertTrue('status' in info)
+            self.assertEquals(204, info['status'])
+
+        expected_errors = [(404, NoSuchBucket), (0, InternalError)]
+        for status, expected_error in expected_errors:
+            with patch('swift3.request.get_container_info',
+                       return_value={'status': status}):
+                self.assertRaises(
+                    expected_error, s3_req.get_container_info, MagicMock())
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()