diff --git a/internal/logs/logs.go b/internal/logs/logs.go
index b826ae08..4d8bffc8 100644
--- a/internal/logs/logs.go
+++ b/internal/logs/logs.go
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ const (
 	ShardCouldNotMarkObjectToDeleteInMetabase                               = "could not mark object to delete in metabase"
 	WritecacheBadgerInitExperimental                                        = "initializing badger-backed experimental writecache"
 	WritecacheTriedToFlushItemsFromWritecache                               = "tried to flush items from write-cache"
+	WritecacheBadgerCouldNotCountKeys                                       = "could not count keys from badger by iteration"
+	WritecacheBadgerCouldNotFlushKeysCount                                  = "could not flush keys count to badger"
+	WritecacheBadgerCouldNotDeleteKeysCount                                 = "could not delete keys count from badger"
 	WritecacheWaitingForChannelsToFlush                                     = "waiting for channels to flush"
 	WritecacheFillingFlushMarksForObjectsInFSTree                           = "filling flush marks for objects in FSTree"
 	WritecacheFinishedUpdatingFSTreeFlushMarks                              = "finished updating FSTree flush marks"
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/cachebadger.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/cachebadger.go
index 837e76a0..a20c2f97 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/cachebadger.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/cachebadger.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package writecachebadger
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"sync"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/logs"
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ type cache struct {
 	closeCh chan struct{}
 	// wg is a wait group for flush workers.
 	wg sync.WaitGroup
+	// initCounterWG is necessary to wait for asynchronous initialization.
+	initCounterWG sync.WaitGroup
 	// store contains underlying database.
 	store
 }
@@ -100,8 +103,29 @@ func (c *cache) Init() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// flushKeysCount writes the keys count to db if it should be flushed down.
+func (c *cache) flushKeysCount() {
+	// Close may happen after resetting mode
+	if c.db.IsClosed() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if c.objCounters.isReadyToFlush() {
+		k := keyCountPrefix
+		v := make([]byte, 8)
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(v, c.objCounters.DB())
+		if err := c.putRaw(k[:], v); err != nil {
+			c.log.Error(logs.WritecacheBadgerCouldNotFlushKeysCount, zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Close closes db connection and stops services. Executes ObjectCounters.FlushAndClose op.
 func (c *cache) Close() error {
+	c.cancelInitCountByCloseAndWait()
+
+	c.flushKeysCount()
+
 	// We cannot lock mutex for the whole operation duration
 	// because it is taken by some background workers, so `wg.Wait()` is done without modeMtx.
 	c.modeMtx.Lock()
@@ -125,5 +149,13 @@ func (c *cache) Close() error {
 		}
 	}
 	c.metrics.Close()
+
 	return nil
 }
+
+// cancelInitCountByCloseAndWait cancels the counting process if Close is invoked
+// and waits for correct finish of goroutine within initCount.
+func (c *cache) cancelInitCountByCloseAndWait() {
+	c.objCounters.cDB.cancelByClose()
+	c.initCounterWG.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/delete.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/delete.go
index f3737109..c3949ac7 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/delete.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 // Delete removes object from write-cache.
@@ -68,3 +69,33 @@ func (c *cache) Delete(ctx context.Context, addr oid.Address) error {
 
 	return metaerr.Wrap(err)
 }
+
+// deleteRawKey removes object from write-cache by raw-represented key.
+//
+// Returns an error of type apistatus.ObjectNotFound if object is missing in write-cache.
+func (c *cache) deleteRawKey(key []byte) error {
+	err := c.db.Update(func(tx *badger.Txn) error {
+		it, err := tx.Get(key)
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == badger.ErrKeyNotFound {
+				return logicerr.Wrap(new(apistatus.ObjectNotFound))
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		if it.ValueSize() > 0 {
+			err := tx.Delete(key)
+			if err == nil {
+				storagelog.Write(c.log,
+					zap.String("key", string(key)),
+					storagelog.StorageTypeField(wcStorageType),
+					storagelog.OpField("db DELETE"),
+				)
+				c.objCounters.DecDB()
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return metaerr.Wrap(err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/get.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/get.go
index 42403e55..8dc64317 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/get.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/get.go
@@ -93,3 +93,14 @@ func Get(db *badger.DB, key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return value, metaerr.Wrap(err)
 }
+
+// getRawKey returns raw-data from write-cache.
+//
+// Returns an error of type apistatus.ObjectNotFound if the requested object is missing in write-cache.
+func (c *cache) getRawKey(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	value, err := Get(c.db, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return value, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/mode.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/mode.go
index 03d86183..449541de 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/mode.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/mode.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ func (c *cache) SetMode(m mode.Mode) error {
 		))
 	defer span.End()
 
+	c.cancelInitCountBySetModeAndWait()
+
 	c.modeMtx.Lock()
 	defer c.modeMtx.Unlock()
 
@@ -32,6 +34,13 @@ func (c *cache) SetMode(m mode.Mode) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// cancelInitCountBySetModeAndWait cancels the counting process if SetMode is invoked
+// and waits for correct finish of goroutine within initCount.
+func (c *cache) cancelInitCountBySetModeAndWait() {
+	c.objCounters.cDB.cancelBySetMode()
+	c.initCounterWG.Wait()
+}
+
 // setMode applies new mode. Must be called with cache.modeMtx lock taken.
 func (c *cache) setMode(ctx context.Context, m mode.Mode) error {
 	var err error
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/options.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/options.go
index 63bfb196..24219e9a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/options.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/options.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type options struct {
 	metrics writecache.Metrics
 	// gcInterval is the interval duration to run the GC cycle.
 	gcInterval time.Duration
+	// recountKeys indicates if keys must be forcefully counted only by DB iteration. This flag should be
+	// used if badger contains invalid keys count record.
+	recountKeys bool
 }
 
 // WithLogger sets logger.
@@ -108,3 +111,10 @@ func WithGCInterval(d time.Duration) Option {
 		o.gcInterval = d
 	}
 }
+
+// WithRecountKeys sets the recount keys flag.
+func WithRecountKeys(recount bool) Option {
+	return func(o *options) {
+		o.recountKeys = recount
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/put.go
index c03a0d33..04566889 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/put.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	storagelog "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/internal/log"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-observability/tracing"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
@@ -80,3 +81,25 @@ func (c *cache) put(obj objectInfo) error {
 	}
 	return err
 }
+
+// putRaw persists raw-represent key and value to the write-cache
+// database and pushes to the flush workers queue.
+func (c *cache) putRaw(key, value []byte) error {
+	cacheSize := c.estimateCacheSize()
+	if c.maxCacheSize < c.incSizeDB(cacheSize) {
+		return writecache.ErrOutOfSpace
+	}
+
+	err := c.db.Update(func(txn *badger.Txn) error {
+		err := txn.Set(key, value)
+		return err
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		storagelog.Write(c.log,
+			storagelog.StorageTypeField(wcStorageType),
+			storagelog.OpField("db PUT"),
+		)
+		c.objCounters.IncDB()
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/state.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/state.go
index 994dfa3d..59ec796c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/state.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/state.go
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 package writecachebadger
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"math"
-	"sync/atomic"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
 
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/logs"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+var (
+	errCountCancelled = errors.New("counting was cancelled")
 )
 
 func (c *cache) estimateCacheSize() uint64 {
@@ -18,40 +25,180 @@ func (c *cache) incSizeDB(sz uint64) uint64 {
 	return sz + c.maxObjectSize
 }
 
+type countAsync struct {
+	value atomic.Uint64
+
+	// mutable checks whether the value can be incremented/decremented.
+	mutable bool
+
+	// mutMtx is mutex for mutable flag.
+	mutMtx sync.RWMutex
+
+	// init checks whether the value is finally initialized.
+	init bool
+
+	// initMtx is mutex for init flag.
+	initMtx sync.RWMutex
+
+	// modeCh is channel to indicate SetMode has been invoked and
+	// counting must be cancelled.
+	modeCh chan struct{}
+
+	// modeDoneOnce guarantees that modeCh has been closed only once.
+	// This may happen if SetMode has been invoked many times.
+	modeDoneOnce sync.Once
+
+	// closeCh is channel to indicate Close has been invoked and
+	// counting must be cancelled.
+	closeCh chan struct{}
+
+	// closeDoneOnce guarantees that modeCh has been closed only once.
+	// This may happen if Close has been invoked many times.
+	closeDoneOnce sync.Once
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) cancelByClose() {
+	c.closeDoneOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(c.closeCh)
+	})
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) cancelBySetMode() {
+	c.modeDoneOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(c.modeCh)
+	})
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) addAndSetAsInit(value uint64) {
+	c.value.Add(value)
+
+	c.initMtx.Lock()
+	defer c.initMtx.Unlock()
+
+	c.init = true
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) isInitialized() bool {
+	c.initMtx.RLock()
+	defer c.initMtx.RUnlock()
+
+	return c.init
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) isMutable() bool {
+	c.mutMtx.RLock()
+	defer c.mutMtx.RUnlock()
+
+	return c.mutable
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) setAsMutable() {
+	c.mutMtx.Lock()
+	defer c.mutMtx.Unlock()
+
+	c.mutable = true
+}
+
+func (c *countAsync) reset() {
+	c.value.Store(0)
+
+	c.closeCh = make(chan struct{})
+	c.closeDoneOnce = sync.Once{}
+
+	c.modeCh = make(chan struct{})
+	c.modeDoneOnce = sync.Once{}
+
+	c.initMtx.Lock()
+	defer c.initMtx.Unlock()
+	c.init = false
+
+	c.mutMtx.Lock()
+	defer c.mutMtx.Unlock()
+	c.mutable = false
+}
+
 type counters struct {
-	cDB atomic.Uint64
+	cDB countAsync
 }
 
 func (x *counters) IncDB() {
-	x.cDB.Add(1)
+	if x.cDB.isMutable() {
+		x.cDB.value.Inc()
+	}
 }
 
 func (x *counters) DecDB() {
-	x.cDB.Add(math.MaxUint64)
+	if x.cDB.isMutable() {
+		x.cDB.value.Dec()
+	}
 }
 
 func (x *counters) DB() uint64 {
-	return x.cDB.Load()
+	if x.cDB.isInitialized() {
+		return x.cDB.value.Load()
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (x *counters) isReadyToFlush() bool {
+	return x.cDB.isInitialized()
 }
 
 func (c *cache) initCounters() error {
-	var inDB uint64
-	err := c.db.View(func(tx *badger.Txn) error {
-		opts := badger.DefaultIteratorOptions
-		opts.PrefetchValues = false
-		it := tx.NewIterator(opts)
-		defer it.Close()
-		for it.Rewind(); it.Valid(); it.Next() {
-			inDB++
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not read write-cache DB counter: %w", err)
-	}
+	c.objCounters.cDB.reset()
 
-	c.objCounters.cDB.Store(inDB)
-	c.metrics.SetActualCounters(inDB, 0)
+	c.initCounterWG.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer func() {
+			c.initCounterWG.Done()
+		}()
+
+		var inDB uint64
+
+		if !c.options.recountKeys {
+			k := keyCountPrefix
+			cDB, err := c.getRawKey(k[:])
+			if err == nil {
+				c.objCounters.cDB.setAsMutable()
+				inDB = binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(cDB)
+
+				c.modeMtx.RLock()
+				defer c.modeMtx.RUnlock()
+				if !c.mode.ReadOnly() {
+					if err = c.deleteRawKey(k[:]); err != nil {
+						c.log.Error(logs.WritecacheBadgerCouldNotDeleteKeysCount, zap.Error(err))
+					}
+				}
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Recount keys if "key_count" has not been found
+		if err := c.db.View(func(tx *badger.Txn) error {
+			c.objCounters.cDB.setAsMutable()
+			opts := badger.DefaultIteratorOptions
+			opts.PrefetchValues = false
+			it := tx.NewIterator(opts)
+			defer it.Close()
+			for it.Rewind(); it.Valid(); it.Next() {
+				select {
+				case <-c.objCounters.cDB.closeCh:
+					return errCountCancelled
+				case <-c.objCounters.cDB.modeCh:
+					return errCountCancelled
+				default:
+					inDB++
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		}); err != nil {
+			c.log.Error(logs.WritecacheBadgerCouldNotCountKeys, zap.Error(err))
+			return
+		}
+
+		c.metrics.SetActualCounters(inDB, 0)
+		c.objCounters.cDB.addAndSetAsInit(inDB)
+	}()
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/storage.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/storage.go
index 9ff54bee..c4665150 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/writecachebadger/storage.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type store struct {
 	db *badger.DB
 }
 
+var keyCountPrefix = []byte("keys_count")
+
 type internalKey [len(cid.ID{}) + len(oid.ID{})]byte
 
 func (k internalKey) address() oid.Address {