diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
index 31b1a793..47f84827 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ type internals struct {
 	apiVersion   version.Version
 	healthStatus *atomic.Int32
 	// is node under maintenance
-	isMaintenance     atomic.Bool
-	isOnlineCandidate bool
+	isMaintenance      atomic.Bool
+	alreadyBootstraped bool
 }
 
 // starts node's maintenance.
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/netmap.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/netmap.go
index 96b866b1..60a59940 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/netmap.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/netmap.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func bootstrapNode(c *cfg) {
 			c.log.Info(logs.FrostFSNodeNodeIsUnderMaintenanceSkipInitialBootstrap)
 			return
 		}
-		if c.isOnlineCandidate {
+		if c.alreadyBootstraped {
 			c.log.Info(logs.NetmapNodeAlreadyInCandidateListOnlineSkipInitialBootstrap)
 			return
 		}
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func initNetmapState(c *cfg) {
 	fatalOnErrDetails("could not initialize current epoch number", err)
 
 	var ni *netmapSDK.NodeInfo
-	ni, c.isOnlineCandidate, err = c.netmapInitLocalNodeState(epoch)
+	ni, c.alreadyBootstraped, err = c.netmapInitLocalNodeState(epoch)
 	fatalOnErrDetails("could not init network state", err)
 
 	stateWord := nodeState(ni)
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ func initNetmapState(c *cfg) {
 	c.handleLocalNodeInfo(ni)
 }
 
+func sameNodeInfo(a, b *netmapSDK.NodeInfo) bool {
+	// Suboptimal, but we do this once on the node startup.
+	rawA := a.Marshal()
+	rawB := b.Marshal()
+	return bytes.Equal(rawA, rawB)
+}
+
 func nodeState(ni *netmapSDK.NodeInfo) string {
 	if ni != nil {
 		switch {
@@ -303,11 +310,11 @@ func (c *cfg) netmapInitLocalNodeState(epoch uint64) (*netmapSDK.NodeInfo, bool,
 	}
 
 	var candidate *netmapSDK.NodeInfo
-	isOnlineCandidate := false
+	alreadyBootstraped := false
 	for i := range nmNodes {
 		if bytes.Equal(nmNodes[i].PublicKey(), c.binPublicKey) {
 			candidate = &nmNodes[i]
-			isOnlineCandidate = candidate.IsOnline()
+			alreadyBootstraped = candidate.IsOnline() && sameNodeInfo(&c.cfgNodeInfo.localInfo, candidate)
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -330,7 +337,7 @@ func (c *cfg) netmapInitLocalNodeState(epoch uint64) (*netmapSDK.NodeInfo, bool,
 			zap.String("netmap", nmState),
 			zap.String("candidate", candidateState))
 	}
-	return candidate, isOnlineCandidate, nil
+	return candidate, alreadyBootstraped, nil
 }
 
 func (c *cfg) netmapLocalNodeState(epoch uint64) (*netmapSDK.NodeInfo, error) {