diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
index 9fc95dbbb..ee28df426 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) TreeGetByPath(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID st
 
 		b := treeRoot.Bucket(dataBucket)
 
-		i, curNode, err := t.getPathPrefix(b, attr, path[:len(path)-1])
+		i, curNodes, err := t.getPathPrefixMultiTraversal(b, attr, path[:len(path)-1])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -918,21 +918,23 @@ func (t *boltForest) TreeGetByPath(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID st
 
 		c := b.Cursor()
 
-		attrKey := internalKey(nil, attr, path[len(path)-1], curNode, 0)
-		attrKey = attrKey[:len(attrKey)-8]
-		childKey, _ := c.Seek(attrKey)
-		for len(childKey) == len(attrKey)+8 && bytes.Equal(attrKey, childKey[:len(childKey)-8]) {
-			child := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(childKey[len(childKey)-8:])
-			if latest {
-				_, ts, _, _ := t.getState(b, stateKey(make([]byte, 9), child))
-				if ts >= maxTimestamp {
-					nodes = append(nodes[:0], child)
-					maxTimestamp = ts
+		for i := range curNodes {
+			attrKey := internalKey(nil, attr, path[len(path)-1], curNodes[i], 0)
+			attrKey = attrKey[:len(attrKey)-8]
+			childKey, _ := c.Seek(attrKey)
+			for len(childKey) == len(attrKey)+8 && bytes.Equal(attrKey, childKey[:len(childKey)-8]) {
+				child := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(childKey[len(childKey)-8:])
+				if latest {
+					_, ts, _, _ := t.getState(b, stateKey(make([]byte, 9), child))
+					if ts >= maxTimestamp {
+						nodes = append(nodes[:0], child)
+						maxTimestamp = ts
+					}
+				} else {
+					nodes = append(nodes, child)
 				}
-			} else {
-				nodes = append(nodes, child)
+				childKey, _ = c.Next()
 			}
-			childKey, _ = c.Next()
 		}
 		return nil
 	}))
@@ -1412,6 +1414,36 @@ func (t *boltForest) TreeListTrees(ctx context.Context, prm TreeListTreesPrm) (*
 	return &res, nil
 }
 
+func (t *boltForest) getPathPrefixMultiTraversal(bTree *bbolt.Bucket, attr string, path []string) (int, []Node, error) {
+	c := bTree.Cursor()
+
+	var curNodes []Node
+	nextNodes := []Node{RootID}
+	var attrKey []byte
+
+	for i := range path {
+		curNodes, nextNodes = nextNodes, curNodes[:0]
+		for j := range curNodes {
+			attrKey = internalKey(attrKey, attr, path[i], curNodes[j], 0)
+			attrKey = attrKey[:len(attrKey)-8]
+
+			childKey, value := c.Seek(attrKey)
+			for len(childKey) == len(attrKey)+8 && bytes.Equal(attrKey, childKey[:len(childKey)-8]) {
+				if len(value) == 1 && value[0] == 1 {
+					nextNodes = append(nextNodes, binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(childKey[len(childKey)-8:]))
+				}
+				childKey, value = c.Next()
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(nextNodes) == 0 {
+			return i, curNodes, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return len(path), nextNodes, nil
+}
+
 func (t *boltForest) getPathPrefix(bTree *bbolt.Bucket, attr string, path []string) (int, Node, error) {
 	c := bTree.Cursor()
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bd581ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package pilorama
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	cidtest "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestDuplicateDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	for i := range providers {
+		if providers[i].name == "inmemory" {
+			continue
+		}
+		t.Run(providers[i].name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			testDuplicateDirectory(t, providers[i].construct(t))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func testDuplicateDirectory(t *testing.T, f Forest) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	d := CIDDescriptor{CID: cidtest.ID(), Size: 1}
+	treeID := "sometree"
+
+	treeApply := func(t *testing.T, parent, child uint64, filename string, internal bool) {
+		// Nothing magic here, we add items in order and children are unique.
+		// This simplifies function interface a bit.
+		ts := child
+
+		kv := []KeyValue{{Key: AttributeFilename, Value: []byte(filename)}}
+		if !internal {
+			kv = append(kv, KeyValue{Key: "uniqueAttr", Value: []byte{byte(child)}})
+		}
+
+		err := f.TreeApply(ctx, d.CID, treeID, &Move{
+			Parent: parent,
+			Child:  child,
+			Meta: Meta{
+				Time:  ts,
+				Items: kv,
+			},
+		}, true)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	// The following tree is constructed:
+	//      0
+	// [1]  |-- dir1 (internal)
+	// [2]     |-- value1
+	// [3]     |-- dir3 (internal)
+	// [4]        |-- value3
+	// [5]  |-- dir1 (internal)
+	// [6]     |-- value2
+	// [7]     |-- dir3 (internal)
+	// [8]        |-- value4
+	// [9]  |-- dir2 (internal)
+	// [10] |-- value0
+	treeApply(t, RootID, 1, "dir1", true)
+	treeApply(t, 1, 2, "value1", false)
+	treeApply(t, 1, 3, "dir3", true)
+	treeApply(t, 3, 4, "value3", false)
+	treeApply(t, RootID, 5, "dir1", true)
+	treeApply(t, 5, 6, "value2", false)
+	treeApply(t, 5, 7, "dir3", true)
+	treeApply(t, 7, 8, "value4", false)
+	treeApply(t, RootID, 9, "dir2", true)
+	treeApply(t, RootID, 10, "value0", false)
+
+	// The compacted view:
+	// 0
+	// [1,5] |-- dir1 (internal)
+	// [2]      |-- value1
+	// [3,7]    |-- dir3 (internal)
+	// [4]          |-- value3
+	// [8]          |-- value4
+	// [6]      |-- value2
+	// [9]   |-- dir2 (internal)
+	// [10]  |-- value0
+	testGetByPath := func(t *testing.T, p string) []byte {
+		pp := strings.Split(p, "/")
+		nodes, err := f.TreeGetByPath(context.Background(), d.CID, treeID, AttributeFilename, pp, false)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, 1, len(nodes))
+
+		meta, _, err := f.TreeGetMeta(ctx, d.CID, treeID, nodes[0])
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, []byte(pp[len(pp)-1]), meta.GetAttr(AttributeFilename))
+		return meta.GetAttr("uniqueAttr")
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, []byte{2}, testGetByPath(t, "dir1/value1"))
+	require.Equal(t, []byte{4}, testGetByPath(t, "dir1/dir3/value3"))
+	require.Equal(t, []byte{8}, testGetByPath(t, "dir1/dir3/value4"))
+	require.Equal(t, []byte{10}, testGetByPath(t, "value0"))
+}