diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
index 21e86300..7c36811e 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) reportShardErrorBackground(id string, msg string, err er
 	}
 
 	errCount := sh.errorCount.Add(1)
+	sh.Shard.IncErrorCounter()
 	e.reportShardErrorWithFlags(sh.Shard, errCount, false, msg, err)
 }
 
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) reportShardError(
 	}
 
 	errCount := sh.errorCount.Add(1)
+	sh.Shard.IncErrorCounter()
 	e.reportShardErrorWithFlags(sh.Shard, errCount, true, msg, err, fields...)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go
index 1be888ea..f9e9191c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ type MetricRegister interface {
 
 	AddToContainerSize(cnrID string, size int64)
 	AddToPayloadCounter(shardID string, size int64)
+	IncErrorCounter(shardID string)
+	ClearErrorCounter(shardID string)
+	DeleteErrorCounter(shardID string)
 
 	WriteCache() metrics.WriteCacheMetrics
 	GC() metrics.GCMetrics
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
index 07d22d3f..c4c356a7 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ func (m *metricsWithID) AddToPayloadSize(size int64) {
 	m.mw.AddToPayloadCounter(m.id, size)
 }
 
+func (m *metricsWithID) IncErrorCounter() {
+	m.mw.IncErrorCounter(m.id)
+}
+
+func (m *metricsWithID) ClearErrorCounter() {
+	m.mw.ClearErrorCounter(m.id)
+}
+
+func (m *metricsWithID) DeleteErrorCounter() {
+	m.mw.DeleteErrorCounter(m.id)
+}
+
 // AddShard adds a new shard to the storage engine.
 //
 // Returns any error encountered that did not allow adding a shard.
@@ -174,6 +186,8 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) removeShards(ids ...string) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		sh.DeleteErrorCounter()
+
 		ss = append(ss, sh)
 		delete(e.shards, id)
 
@@ -281,6 +295,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) SetShardMode(id *shard.ID, m mode.Mode, resetErrorCounte
 		if id.String() == shID {
 			if resetErrorCounter {
 				sh.errorCount.Store(0)
+				sh.Shard.ClearErrorCounter()
 			}
 			return sh.SetMode(m)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go
index 16f6989c..f1581b6d 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type metricsStore struct {
 	cnrSize     map[string]int64
 	pldSize     int64
 	readOnly    bool
+	errCounter  int64
 }
 
 func (m metricsStore) SetShardID(_ string) {}
@@ -68,6 +69,18 @@ func (m *metricsStore) AddToPayloadSize(size int64) {
 	m.pldSize += size
 }
 
+func (m *metricsStore) IncErrorCounter() {
+	m.errCounter += 1
+}
+
+func (m *metricsStore) ClearErrorCounter() {
+	m.errCounter = 0
+}
+
+func (m *metricsStore) DeleteErrorCounter() {
+	m.errCounter = 0
+}
+
 const physical = "phy"
 const logical = "logic"
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
index 2123bca1..b740fc57 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ type MetricsWriter interface {
 	SetShardID(id string)
 	// SetReadonly must set shard readonly state.
 	SetReadonly(readonly bool)
+	// IncErrorCounter increment error counter.
+	IncErrorCounter()
+	// ClearErrorCounter clear error counter.
+	ClearErrorCounter()
+	// DeleteErrorCounter delete error counter.
+	DeleteErrorCounter()
 }
 
 type cfg struct {
@@ -428,3 +434,21 @@ func (s *Shard) addToPayloadSize(size int64) {
 		s.cfg.metricsWriter.AddToPayloadSize(size)
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *Shard) IncErrorCounter() {
+	if s.cfg.metricsWriter != nil {
+		s.cfg.metricsWriter.IncErrorCounter()
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Shard) ClearErrorCounter() {
+	if s.cfg.metricsWriter != nil {
+		s.cfg.metricsWriter.ClearErrorCounter()
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Shard) DeleteErrorCounter() {
+	if s.cfg.metricsWriter != nil {
+		s.cfg.metricsWriter.DeleteErrorCounter()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/engine.go b/pkg/metrics/engine.go
index 4e78f4ac..7992da9f 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/engine.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type (
 		listObjectsDuration           prometheus.Counter
 		containerSize                 *prometheus.GaugeVec
 		payloadSize                   *prometheus.GaugeVec
+		errorCounter                  *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	}
 )
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func newEngineMetrics() engineMetrics {
 		listObjectsDuration:           newEngineMethodDurationCounter("list_objects"),
 		containerSize:                 newEngineGaugeVector("container_size", "Accumulated size of all objects in a container", []string{containerIDLabelKey}),
 		payloadSize:                   newEngineGaugeVector("payload_size", "Accumulated size of all objects in a shard", []string{shardIDLabelKey}),
+		errorCounter:                  newEngineGaugeVector("error_counter", "Shard's error counter", []string{shardIDLabelKey}),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -123,3 +125,15 @@ func (m engineMetrics) AddToContainerSize(cnrID string, size int64) {
 func (m engineMetrics) AddToPayloadCounter(shardID string, size int64) {
 	m.payloadSize.With(prometheus.Labels{shardIDLabelKey: shardID}).Add(float64(size))
 }
+
+func (m engineMetrics) IncErrorCounter(shardID string) {
+	m.errorCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{shardIDLabelKey: shardID}).Inc()
+}
+
+func (m engineMetrics) ClearErrorCounter(shardID string) {
+	m.errorCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{shardIDLabelKey: shardID}).Set(0)
+}
+
+func (m engineMetrics) DeleteErrorCounter(shardID string) {
+	m.errorCounter.Delete(prometheus.Labels{shardIDLabelKey: shardID})
+}