diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/bucket_cache.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/bucket_cache.go
index b425450af..14c164afc 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/bucket_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/bucket_cache.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package meta
 
 import (
+	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 )
 
@@ -8,10 +9,11 @@ type bucketCache struct {
 	locked    *bbolt.Bucket
 	graveyard *bbolt.Bucket
 	garbage   *bbolt.Bucket
+	expired   map[cid.ID]*bbolt.Bucket
 }
 
 func newBucketCache() *bucketCache {
-	return &bucketCache{}
+	return &bucketCache{expired: make(map[cid.ID]*bbolt.Bucket)}
 }
 
 func getLockedBucket(bc *bucketCache, tx *bbolt.Tx) *bbolt.Bucket {
@@ -43,3 +45,24 @@ func getBucket(cache **bbolt.Bucket, tx *bbolt.Tx, name []byte) *bbolt.Bucket {
 	*cache = tx.Bucket(name)
 	return *cache
 }
+
+func getExpiredBucket(bc *bucketCache, tx *bbolt.Tx, cnr cid.ID) *bbolt.Bucket {
+	if bc == nil {
+		bucketName := make([]byte, bucketKeySize)
+		bucketName = objectToExpirationEpochBucketName(cnr, bucketName)
+		return tx.Bucket(bucketName)
+	}
+	return getMappedBucket(bc.expired, tx, objectToExpirationEpochBucketName, cnr)
+}
+
+func getMappedBucket(m map[cid.ID]*bbolt.Bucket, tx *bbolt.Tx, nameFunc func(cid.ID, []byte) []byte, cnr cid.ID) *bbolt.Bucket {
+	value, ok := m[cnr]
+	if ok {
+		return value
+	}
+
+	bucketName := make([]byte, bucketKeySize)
+	bucketName = nameFunc(cnr, bucketName)
+	m[cnr] = getBucket(&value, tx, bucketName)
+	return value
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/exists.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/exists.go
index 0b28da5c9..7bd6f90a6 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/exists.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/exists.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func objectStatusWithCache(bc *bucketCache, tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, curr
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 
-	expired, err := isExpired(tx, addr, currEpoch)
+	expired, err := isExpiredWithCache(bc, tx, addr, currEpoch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired.go
index 68144d8b1..a1351cb6f 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired.go
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ func (db *DB) FilterExpired(ctx context.Context, epoch uint64, addresses []oid.A
 }
 
 func isExpired(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, currEpoch uint64) (bool, error) {
-	bucketName := make([]byte, bucketKeySize)
-	bucketName = objectToExpirationEpochBucketName(addr.Container(), bucketName)
-	b := tx.Bucket(bucketName)
+	return isExpiredWithCache(nil, tx, addr, currEpoch)
+}
+
+func isExpiredWithCache(bc *bucketCache, tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, currEpoch uint64) (bool, error) {
+	b := getExpiredBucket(bc, tx, addr.Container())
 	if b == nil {
 		return false, nil
 	}