diff --git a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/cache.go b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/cache.go
index 217261877..2a8460ca5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/cache.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package placement
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 
 	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *ContainerNodesCache) ContainerNodes(nm *netmapSDK.NetMap, cnr cid.ID, p
 		raw, ok := c.containerCache.Get(cnr)
 		c.mtx.Unlock()
 		if ok {
-			return raw, nil
+			return c.cloneResult(raw), nil
 		}
 	} else {
 		c.lastEpoch = nm.Epoch()
@@ -65,5 +66,13 @@ func (c *ContainerNodesCache) ContainerNodes(nm *netmapSDK.NetMap, cnr cid.ID, p
 		c.containerCache.Add(cnr, cn)
 	}
 	c.mtx.Unlock()
-	return cn, nil
+	return c.cloneResult(cn), nil
+}
+
+func (c *ContainerNodesCache) cloneResult(nodes [][]netmapSDK.NodeInfo) [][]netmapSDK.NodeInfo {
+	result := make([][]netmapSDK.NodeInfo, len(nodes))
+	for repIdx := range nodes {
+		result[repIdx] = slices.Clone(nodes[repIdx])
+	}
+	return result
 }