diff --git a/pkg/services/tree/sync.go b/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
index 868d6ea4fd..5c0300c143 100644
--- a/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
@@ -125,6 +125,137 @@ func (s *Service) SynchronizeTree(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string
 	return nil
 }
 
+// mergeOperationStreams performs merge sort for node operation streams to one stream.
+func mergeOperationStreams(ctx context.Context, streams []chan *pilorama.Move, merged chan<- *pilorama.Move) uint64 {
+	defer close(merged)
+
+	ms := make([]*pilorama.Move, len(streams))
+	for i := range streams {
+		ms[i] = <-streams[i]
+	}
+
+	// Merging different node streams shuffles incoming operations like that:
+	//
+	// x - operation from the stream A
+	// o - operation from the stream B
+	//
+	// --o---o--x--x--x--o---x--x------> t
+	//					 ^
+	// If all ops have been successfully applied, we must start from the last
+	// operation height from the stream B. This height is stored in minStreamedLastHeight.
+	var minStreamedLastHeight uint64 = math.MaxUint64
+
+	for {
+		var minTimeMoveTime uint64 = math.MaxUint64
+		minTimeMoveIndex := -1
+		for i, m := range ms {
+			if m != nil && minTimeMoveTime > m.Time {
+				minTimeMoveTime = m.Time
+				minTimeMoveIndex = i
+			}
+		}
+
+		if minTimeMoveIndex == -1 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		merged <- ms[minTimeMoveIndex]
+		height := ms[minTimeMoveIndex].Time
+		if ms[minTimeMoveIndex] = <-streams[minTimeMoveIndex]; ms[minTimeMoveIndex] == nil {
+			if minStreamedLastHeight > height {
+				minStreamedLastHeight = height
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return minStreamedLastHeight
+}
+
+func (s *Service) applyOperationStream(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string,
+	operationStream <-chan *pilorama.Move) uint64 {
+	errGroup, _ := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	const workersCount = 1024
+	errGroup.SetLimit(workersCount)
+
+	// We run TreeApply concurrently for the operation batch. Let's consider two operations
+	// in the batch m1 and m2 such that m1.Time < m2.Time. The engine may apply m2 and fail
+	// on m1. That means the service must start sync from m1.Time in the next iteration and
+	// this height is stored in unappliedOperationHeight.
+	var unappliedOperationHeight uint64 = math.MaxUint64
+	var heightMtx sync.Mutex
+
+	var prev *pilorama.Move
+	for m := range operationStream {
+		m := m
+
+		// skip already applied op
+		if prev != nil && prev.Time == m.Time {
+			continue
+		}
+		prev = m
+
+		errGroup.Go(func() error {
+			if err := s.forest.TreeApply(ctx, cid, treeID, m, true); err != nil {
+				heightMtx.Lock()
+				if m.Time < unappliedOperationHeight {
+					unappliedOperationHeight = m.Time
+				}
+				heightMtx.Unlock()
+				return err
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+	_ = errGroup.Wait()
+	return unappliedOperationHeight
+}
+
+func (s *Service) startStream(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string,
+	height uint64, treeClient TreeServiceClient, opsCh chan<- *pilorama.Move) (uint64, error) {
+	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
+	cid.Encode(rawCID)
+
+	for {
+		newHeight := height
+		req := &GetOpLogRequest{
+			Body: &GetOpLogRequest_Body{
+				ContainerId: rawCID,
+				TreeId:      treeID,
+				Height:      newHeight,
+			},
+		}
+		if err := SignMessage(req, s.key); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		c, err := treeClient.GetOpLog(ctx, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("can't initialize client: %w", err)
+		}
+		res, err := c.Recv()
+		for ; err == nil; res, err = c.Recv() {
+			lm := res.GetBody().GetOperation()
+			m := &pilorama.Move{
+				Parent: lm.ParentId,
+				Child:  lm.ChildId,
+			}
+			if err := m.Meta.FromBytes(lm.Meta); err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			opsCh <- m
+		}
+		if height == newHeight || err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			return newHeight, err
+		}
+		height = newHeight
+	}
+}
+
+// synchronizeTree synchronizes operations getting them from different nodes.
+// Each available node does stream operations to a separate stream. These streams
+// are merged into one big stream ordered by operation time. This way allows to skip
+// already applied operation and keep good batching.
+// The method returns a height that service should start sync from in the next time.
 func (s *Service) synchronizeTree(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, from uint64,
 	treeID string, nodes []netmapSDK.NodeInfo) uint64 {
 	s.log.Debug(logs.TreeSynchronizeTree,
@@ -133,10 +264,25 @@ func (s *Service) synchronizeTree(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, from uint64,
 		zap.Uint64("from", from))
 
 	errGroup, egCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	const workersCount = 4
+	const workersCount = 1024
 	errGroup.SetLimit(workersCount)
 
-	heights := make([]uint64, len(nodes))
+	nodeOperationStreams := make([]chan *pilorama.Move, len(nodes))
+	for i := range nodeOperationStreams {
+		nodeOperationStreams[i] = make(chan *pilorama.Move)
+	}
+	merged := make(chan *pilorama.Move)
+	var minStreamedLastHeight uint64
+	errGroup.Go(func() error {
+		minStreamedLastHeight = mergeOperationStreams(ctx, nodeOperationStreams, merged)
+		return nil
+	})
+	var minUnappliedHeight uint64
+	errGroup.Go(func() error {
+		minUnappliedHeight = s.applyOperationStream(ctx, cid, treeID, merged)
+		return nil
+	})
+
 	for i, n := range nodes {
 		i := i
 		n := n
@@ -164,7 +310,7 @@ func (s *Service) synchronizeTree(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, from uint64,
 
 				treeClient := NewTreeServiceClient(cc)
 				for {
-					h, err := s.synchronizeSingle(egCtx, cid, treeID, height, treeClient)
+					h, err := s.startStream(egCtx, cid, treeID, from, treeClient, nodeOperationStreams[i])
 					if height < h {
 						height = h
 					}
@@ -174,94 +320,23 @@ func (s *Service) synchronizeTree(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, from uint64,
 					}
 				}
 			})
-
-			if height <= from { // do not increase starting height on fail
-				heights[i] = from
-				return nil
-			}
-			heights[i] = height
+			close(nodeOperationStreams[i])
 			return nil
 		})
 	}
-
 	if err := errGroup.Wait(); err != nil {
 		s.log.Warn(logs.TreeFailedToRunTreeSynchronizationOverAllNodes, zap.Error(err))
 	}
 
-	newHeight := uint64(math.MaxUint64)
-	for _, height := range heights { // take minimum across all clients
-		if height < newHeight {
-			newHeight = height
-		}
-	}
-	if newHeight == math.MaxUint64 {
-		newHeight = from
+	newHeight := minStreamedLastHeight
+	if newHeight > minUnappliedHeight {
+		newHeight = minUnappliedHeight
+	} else {
+		newHeight++
 	}
 	return newHeight
 }
 
-func (s *Service) synchronizeSingle(ctx context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string, height uint64, treeClient TreeServiceClient) (uint64, error) {
-	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
-	cid.Encode(rawCID)
-
-	const treeApplyWorkersCount = 1024
-	errGroup, egCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	errGroup.SetLimit(treeApplyWorkersCount)
-	var heightMtx sync.Mutex
-
-	for {
-		newHeight := height
-		req := &GetOpLogRequest{
-			Body: &GetOpLogRequest_Body{
-				ContainerId: rawCID,
-				TreeId:      treeID,
-				Height:      newHeight,
-			},
-		}
-		if err := SignMessage(req, s.key); err != nil {
-			return newHeight, err
-		}
-
-		c, err := treeClient.GetOpLog(egCtx, req)
-		if err != nil {
-			return newHeight, fmt.Errorf("can't initialize client: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		res, err := c.Recv()
-		for ; err == nil; res, err = c.Recv() {
-			lm := res.GetBody().GetOperation()
-			m := &pilorama.Move{
-				Parent: lm.ParentId,
-				Child:  lm.ChildId,
-			}
-			if err := m.Meta.FromBytes(lm.Meta); err != nil {
-				_ = errGroup.Wait()
-				return newHeight, err
-			}
-			errGroup.Go(func() error {
-				if err := s.forest.TreeApply(egCtx, cid, treeID, m, true); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				heightMtx.Lock()
-				if m.Time > newHeight {
-					newHeight = m.Time + 1
-				} else {
-					newHeight++
-				}
-				heightMtx.Unlock()
-				return nil
-			})
-		}
-		if errGroupErr := errGroup.Wait(); errGroupErr != nil {
-			return newHeight, err
-		}
-		if height == newHeight || err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			return newHeight, err
-		}
-		height = newHeight
-	}
-}
-
 // ErrAlreadySyncing is returned when a service synchronization has already
 // been started.
 var ErrAlreadySyncing = errors.New("service is being synchronized")
diff --git a/pkg/services/tree/sync_test.go b/pkg/services/tree/sync_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb51bc3f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/tree/sync_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package tree
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_mergeOperationStreams(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		ctx           context.Context
+		opTimes       [][]uint64
+		wantValues    []uint64
+		wantMinHeight uint64
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "1",
+			ctx:  context.Background(),
+			opTimes: [][]uint64{
+				{250, 251, 255},
+				{252, 253, 254, 256, 257},
+			},
+			wantValues:    []uint64{250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257},
+			wantMinHeight: 255,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "2",
+			ctx:  context.Background(),
+			opTimes: [][]uint64{
+				{250, 251, 255, 259},
+				{252, 253, 254, 256, 257},
+			},
+			wantValues:    []uint64{250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259},
+			wantMinHeight: 257,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "3",
+			ctx:  context.Background(),
+			opTimes: [][]uint64{
+				{250, 251, 255},
+				{249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 256, 257},
+			},
+			wantValues:    []uint64{249, 250, 250, 251, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257},
+			wantMinHeight: 255,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			nodeOpChans := make([]chan *pilorama.Move, len(tt.opTimes))
+			for i := range nodeOpChans {
+				nodeOpChans[i] = make(chan *pilorama.Move)
+			}
+
+			// generate and put values to all chans
+			for i, ch := range nodeOpChans {
+				i := i
+				ch := ch
+				go func() {
+					for _, tm := range tt.opTimes[i] {
+						op := &pilorama.Move{}
+						op.Time = tm
+						ch <- op
+					}
+					close(nodeOpChans[i])
+				}()
+			}
+
+			merged := make(chan *pilorama.Move, 1)
+			min := make(chan uint64)
+			go func() {
+				min <- mergeOperationStreams(tt.ctx, nodeOpChans, merged)
+			}()
+
+			var res []uint64
+			for op := range merged {
+				res = append(res, op.Time)
+			}
+			require.Equal(t, tt.wantValues, res)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.wantMinHeight, <-min)
+		})
+	}
+}