diff --git a/src/SwiftAdapter.php b/src/SwiftAdapter.php
index 929e190..a251870 100755
--- a/src/SwiftAdapter.php
+++ b/src/SwiftAdapter.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public function rename($path, $newpath)
      */
     public function delete($path)
     {
-        $object = $this->getObject($path);
+        $object = $this->getObjectInstance($path);
 
         try {
             $object->delete();
@@ -253,17 +253,31 @@ public function getTimestamp($path)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get an object.
+     * Get an object instance.
      *
      * @param string $path
      *
      * @return StorageObject
      */
-    protected function getObject($path)
+    protected function getObjectInstance($path)
     {
         $location = $this->applyPathPrefix($path);
 
         $object = $this->container->getObject($location);
+
+        return $object;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get an object instance and retrieve its metadata from storage.
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     *
+     * @return StorageObject
+     */
+    protected function getObject($path)
+    {
+        $object = $this->getObjectInstance($path);
         $object->retrieve();
 
         return $object;
diff --git a/tests/SwiftAdapterTest.php b/tests/SwiftAdapterTest.php
index 8fd41c3..b320f06 100755
--- a/tests/SwiftAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/SwiftAdapterTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Stream;
 use League\Flysystem\Config;
 use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
+use OpenStack\Common\Error\BadResponseError;
 use org\bovigo\vfs\content\LargeFileContent;
 use Nimbusoft\Flysystem\OpenStack\SwiftAdapter;
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public function testRename()
 
     public function testDelete()
     {
-        $this->object->shouldReceive('retrieve')->once();
+        $this->object->shouldNotReceive('retrieve');
         $this->object->shouldReceive('delete')->once();
 
         $this->container->shouldReceive('getObject')