diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
index 5d8e4d263..429d981fe 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (db *DB) updateObj(tx *bbolt.Tx, obj *objectSDK.Object, id []byte, si *obje
 	// 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, objectCore.AddressOf(obj), id)
+		return setStorageID(tx, objectCore.AddressOf(obj), id, true)
 	}
 
 	// when storage already has last object in split hierarchy and there is
@@ -236,12 +236,7 @@ func putUniqueIndexes(
 
 		// index storageID if it is present
 		if id != nil {
-			err = putUniqueIndexItem(tx, namedBucketItem{
-				name: smallBucketName(cnr, bucketName),
-				key:  objKey,
-				val:  id,
-			})
-			if err != nil {
+			if err = setStorageID(tx, objectCore.AddressOf(obj), id, false); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -483,16 +478,19 @@ func getVarUint(data []byte) (uint64, int, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// updateStorageID for existing objects if they were moved from one
+// setStorageID for existing objects if they were moved from one
 // storage location to another.
-func updateStorageID(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, id []byte) error {
+func setStorageID(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, id []byte, override bool) error {
 	key := make([]byte, bucketKeySize)
 	bkt, err := createBucketLikelyExists(tx, smallBucketName(addr.Container(), key))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	return bkt.Put(objectKey(addr.Object(), key), id)
+	key = objectKey(addr.Object(), key)
+	if override || bkt.Get(key) == nil {
+		return bkt.Put(key, id)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // updateSpliInfo for existing objects if storage filled with extra information
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id.go
index ef6b44dfd..f9767935c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id.go
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ package meta
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"time"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/internal/metaerr"
-	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/util/logicerr"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-observability/tracing"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
@@ -120,17 +118,8 @@ func (db *DB) UpdateStorageID(ctx context.Context, prm UpdateStorageIDPrm) (res
 		return res, ErrReadOnlyMode
 	}
 
-	currEpoch := db.epochState.CurrentEpoch()
-
 	err = db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
-		exists, err := db.exists(tx, prm.addr, currEpoch)
-		if err == nil && exists {
-			err = updateStorageID(tx, prm.addr, prm.id)
-		} else if errors.As(err, new(logicerr.Logical)) {
-			err = updateStorageID(tx, prm.addr, prm.id)
-		}
-
-		return err
+		return setStorageID(tx, prm.addr, prm.id, true)
 	})
 	success = err == nil
 	return res, metaerr.Wrap(err)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id_test.go
index 063dfb270..aaf6480ab 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/storage_id_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,32 @@ func TestDB_StorageID(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestPutWritecacheDataRace(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := newDB(t)
+	defer func() { require.NoError(t, db.Close()) }()
+
+	putStorageID := []byte{1, 2, 3}
+	wcStorageID := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	o := testutil.GenerateObject()
+
+	fetchedStorageID, err := metaStorageID(db, object.AddressOf(o))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Nil(t, fetchedStorageID)
+
+	// writecache flushes object and updates storageID before object actually saved to the metabase
+	metaUpdateStorageID(db, object.AddressOf(o), wcStorageID)
+
+	// put object completes with writecache's storageID
+	err = metaPut(db, o, putStorageID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	fetchedStorageID, err = metaStorageID(db, object.AddressOf(o))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, wcStorageID, fetchedStorageID)
+}
+
 func metaUpdateStorageID(db *meta.DB, addr oid.Address, id []byte) error {
 	var sidPrm meta.UpdateStorageIDPrm
 	sidPrm.SetAddress(addr)