diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired_test.go
index 495c1eee7..2f093da3d 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/expired_test.go
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@ package meta_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/internal/testutil"
+	meta "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase"
+	objectV2 "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/api/object"
 	cidtest "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id/test"
 	objectSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/erasurecode"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/transformer"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -92,3 +98,59 @@ func getAddressSafe(t *testing.T, o *objectSDK.Object) oid.Address {
 	addr.SetObject(id)
 	return addr
 }
+
+func TestPutExpiredComplexObjectWithEC(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		currEpoch   = 100
+		expEpoch    = currEpoch - 1
+		partSize    = 1 << 10
+		partCount   = 5
+		dataCount   = 2
+		parityCount = 1
+	)
+
+	db := newDB(t, meta.WithEpochState(epochState{currEpoch}))
+	defer func() { require.NoError(t, db.Close(context.Background())) }()
+
+	cntr := cidtest.ID()
+
+	parent := testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cntr)
+	testutil.AddAttribute(parent, objectV2.SysAttributeExpEpoch, strconv.Itoa(expEpoch))
+
+	key, err := keys.NewPrivateKey()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var target testTarget
+	ids := cutObject(t, transformer.NewPayloadSizeLimiter(transformer.Params{
+		Key:            &key.PrivateKey,
+		NextTargetInit: func() transformer.ObjectWriter { return &target },
+		NetworkState:   epochState{currEpoch},
+		MaxSize:        partSize,
+	}), parent, partCount*partSize)
+
+	n := len(target.objects)
+	objects, link := target.objects[:n-1], target.objects[n-1]
+
+	ecc, err := erasurecode.NewConstructor(dataCount, parityCount)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var chunks []*objectSDK.Object
+	for _, object := range objects {
+		objectChunks, err := ecc.Split(object, &key.PrivateKey)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		chunks = append(chunks, objectChunks...)
+	}
+
+	// link mustn't be first, it's needed to reproduces the bug
+	for _, chunk := range chunks {
+		require.NoError(t, metaPut(db, chunk, nil))
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, metaPut(db, link, nil))
+
+	var addr oid.Address
+	addr.SetContainer(cntr)
+	addr.SetObject(*ids.ParentID)
+
+	_, err = metaGet(db, addr, false)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, meta.ErrObjectIsExpired)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
index 16918c4d9..181ad1c07 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
@@ -159,7 +159,14 @@ func (db *DB) updateObj(tx *bbolt.Tx, obj *objectSDK.Object, id []byte, si *obje
 	// a linking object to put (or vice versa), we should update split info
 	// with object ids of these objects
 	if isParent {
-		return updateSplitInfo(tx, objectCore.AddressOf(obj), si)
+		addr := objectCore.AddressOf(obj)
+
+		objKey := objectKey(addr.Object(), make([]byte, objectKeySize))
+		if err := putExpirationEpoch(tx, obj, addr, objKey); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return updateSplitInfo(tx, addr, si)
 	}
 
 	return nil