diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bee2e25b..07732cc55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Changelog for NeoFS Node
 - Prevent leaking goroutines in the tree service (#2162)
 - Do not search for LOCK objects when delete container when session provided (#2152)
 - Race conditions on shard's mode switch (#1956)
+- Returning expired/removed objects from write-cache (#2016)
 
 ### Removed
 - `-g` option from `neofs-cli control ...` and `neofs-cli container create` commands (#2089)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/get.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/get.go
index 0ff846e99..c728dc1d2 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/get.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/get.go
@@ -98,19 +98,6 @@ func (s *Shard) fetchObjectData(addr oid.Address, skipMeta bool, cb storFetcher,
 		res *objectSDK.Object
 	)
 
-	if s.hasWriteCache() {
-		res, err := wc(s.writeCache)
-		if err == nil || IsErrOutOfRange(err) {
-			return res, false, err
-		}
-
-		if IsErrNotFound(err) {
-			s.log.Debug("object is missing in write-cache")
-		} else {
-			s.log.Error("failed to fetch object from write-cache", zap.Error(err))
-		}
-	}
-
 	var exists bool
 	if !skipMeta {
 		var mPrm meta.ExistsPrm
@@ -123,6 +110,19 @@ func (s *Shard) fetchObjectData(addr oid.Address, skipMeta bool, cb storFetcher,
 		exists = mRes.Exists()
 	}
 
+	if s.hasWriteCache() {
+		res, err = wc(s.writeCache)
+		if err == nil || IsErrOutOfRange(err) {
+			return res, false, err
+		}
+
+		if IsErrNotFound(err) {
+			s.log.Debug("object is missing in write-cache")
+		} else {
+			s.log.Error("failed to fetch object from write-cache", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+
 	if skipMeta || err != nil {
 		res, err = cb(s.blobStor, nil)
 		return res, false, err