diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
index 07bb4c2b..8e11c5d9 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	objectCore "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	storagelog "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/internal/log"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/util"
+	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	objectSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/io"
@@ -76,10 +77,11 @@ func (db *DB) Put(prm PutPrm) (res PutRes, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-// nolint: funlen
-func (db *DB) put(
-	tx *bbolt.Tx, obj *objectSDK.Object, id []byte,
-	si *objectSDK.SplitInfo, currEpoch uint64) error {
+func (db *DB) put(tx *bbolt.Tx,
+	obj *objectSDK.Object,
+	id []byte,
+	si *objectSDK.SplitInfo,
+	currEpoch uint64) error {
 	cnr, ok := obj.ContainerID()
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("missing container in object")
@@ -95,25 +97,34 @@ func (db *DB) put(
 		return err // return any error besides SplitInfoError
 	}
 
-	// most right child and split header overlap parent so we have to
-	// check if object exists to not overwrite it twice
 	if exists {
-		// When storage engine moves objects between different sub-storages,
-		// it calls metabase.Put method with new storage ID, thus triggering this code.
-		if !isParent && id != nil {
-			return updateStorageID(tx, object.AddressOf(obj), id)
-		}
-
-		// when storage already has last object in split hierarchy and there is
-		// a linking object to put (or vice versa), we should update split info
-		// with object ids of these objects
-		if isParent {
-			return updateSplitInfo(tx, object.AddressOf(obj), si)
-		}
-
-		return nil
+		return db.updateObj(tx, obj, id, si, isParent)
 	}
 
+	return db.insertObject(tx, obj, id, si, isParent, cnr, currEpoch)
+}
+
+func (db *DB) updateObj(tx *bbolt.Tx, obj *objectSDK.Object, id []byte, si *objectSDK.SplitInfo, isParent bool) error {
+	// most right child and split header overlap parent so we have to
+	// check if object exists to not overwrite it twice
+
+	// When storage engine moves objects between different sub-storages,
+	// it calls metabase.Put method with new storage ID, thus triggering this code.
+	if !isParent && id != nil {
+		return updateStorageID(tx, object.AddressOf(obj), id)
+	}
+
+	// when storage already has last object in split hierarchy and there is
+	// a linking object to put (or vice versa), we should update split info
+	// with object ids of these objects
+	if isParent {
+		return updateSplitInfo(tx, object.AddressOf(obj), si)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (db *DB) insertObject(tx *bbolt.Tx, obj *objectSDK.Object, id []byte, si *objectSDK.SplitInfo, isParent bool, cnr cid.ID, currEpoch uint64) error {
 	if par := obj.Parent(); par != nil && !isParent { // limit depth by two
 		parentSI, err := splitInfoFromObject(obj)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ func (db *DB) put(
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = putUniqueIndexes(tx, obj, si, id)
+	err := putUniqueIndexes(tx, obj, si, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't put unique indexes: %w", err)
 	}