diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/list.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/list.go
index a7ff2222f..375d1cb1a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/list.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/list.go
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ type CountAliveObjectsInContainerPrm struct {
 }
 
 // ListWithCursor lists physical objects available in metabase starting from
-// cursor. Includes objects of all types. Does not include inhumed objects.
+// cursor. Includes objects of all types. Does not include inhumed and expired
+// objects.
 // Use cursor value from response for consecutive requests.
 //
 // Returns ErrEndOfListing if there are no more objects to return or count
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@ func (db *DB) listWithCursor(tx *bbolt.Tx, result []objectcore.Info, count int,
 
 	rawAddr := make([]byte, cidSize, addressKeySize)
 
+	currEpoch := db.epochState.CurrentEpoch()
+
 loop:
 	for ; name != nil; name, _ = c.Next() {
 		cidRaw, prefix := parseContainerIDWithPrefix(&containerID, name)
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ loop:
 		if bkt != nil {
 			copy(rawAddr, cidRaw)
 			result, offset, cursor, err = selectNFromBucket(bkt, objType, graveyardBkt, garbageBkt, rawAddr, containerID,
-				result, count, cursor, threshold)
+				result, count, cursor, threshold, currEpoch)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ func selectNFromBucket(bkt *bbolt.Bucket, // main bucket
 	limit int, // stop listing at `limit` items in result
 	cursor *Cursor, // start from cursor object
 	threshold bool, // ignore cursor and start immediately
+	currEpoch uint64,
 ) ([]objectcore.Info, []byte, *Cursor, error) {
 	if cursor == nil {
 		cursor = new(Cursor)
@@ -243,13 +247,19 @@ func selectNFromBucket(bkt *bbolt.Bucket, // main bucket
 			continue
 		}
 
+		var o objectSDK.Object
+		if err := o.Unmarshal(bytes.Clone(v)); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		expEpoch, hasExpEpoch := hasExpirationEpoch(&o)
+		if !objectLocked(bkt.Tx(), cnt, obj) && hasExpEpoch && expEpoch < currEpoch {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		var isLinkingObj bool
 		var ecInfo *objectcore.ECInfo
 		if objType == objectSDK.TypeRegular {
-			var o objectSDK.Object
-			if err := o.Unmarshal(bytes.Clone(v)); err != nil {
-				return nil, nil, nil, err
-			}
 			isLinkingObj = isLinkObject(&o)
 			ecHeader := o.ECHeader()
 			if ecHeader != nil {