diff --git a/internal/logs/logs.go b/internal/logs/logs.go
index 5a195f688..4661781f1 100644
--- a/internal/logs/logs.go
+++ b/internal/logs/logs.go
@@ -251,8 +251,10 @@ const (
 	ShardCantOpenMetabaseMoveToADegradedMode                             = "can't open metabase, move to a degraded mode"
 	ShardCantInitializeMetabaseMoveToADegradedreadonlyMode               = "can't initialize metabase, move to a degraded-read-only mode"
 	ShardStopEventListenerByClosedEventChannel                           = "stop event listener by closed `event` channel"
-	ShardStopEventListenerByClosedStopChannel                            = "stop event listener by closed `stop` channel"
 	ShardEventProcessingInProgress                                       = "event processing is in progress, skip the received"
+	ShardEventProcessingStart                                            = "event processing is started"
+	ShardEventProcessingEnd                                              = "event processing is completed"
+	ShardStopEventListenerByClosedStopChannel                            = "stop event listener by closed `stop` channel"
 	ShardStopEventListenerByContext                                      = "stop event listener by context"
 	ShardCouldNotSubmitGCJobToWorkerPool                                 = "could not submit GC job to worker pool"
 	ShardGCIsStopped                                                     = "GC is stopped"
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
index 90d7afdd4..b94d85f31 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ func (s *Shard) Init(ctx context.Context) error {
 		eventChan:   make(chan Event),
 		mEventHandler: map[eventType]*eventHandlers{
 			eventNewEpoch: {
-				cancelFunc: func() {},
 				handlers: []eventHandler{
 					s.collectExpiredLocks,
 					s.collectExpiredObjects,
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc.go
index d605746e8..cb0b1ac39 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package shard
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/logs"
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ func EventNewEpoch(e uint64) Event {
 type eventHandler func(context.Context, Event)
 
 type eventHandlers struct {
-	prevGroup sync.WaitGroup
-
-	cancelFunc context.CancelFunc
+	wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	handlers []eventHandler
+
+	runningHandlers atomic.Int32
 }
 
 type gcRunResult struct {
@@ -182,33 +183,36 @@ func (gc *gc) handleEvent(ctx context.Context, event Event) {
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
-
-	v.cancelFunc()
-	v.prevGroup.Wait()
-
-	var runCtx context.Context
-	runCtx, v.cancelFunc = context.WithCancel(ctx)
-
-	v.prevGroup.Add(len(v.handlers))
-
+	if !v.runningHandlers.CompareAndSwap(0, int32(len(v.handlers))) {
+		gc.log.Warn(logs.ShardEventProcessingInProgress)
+		return
+	}
+	addAndLog := func(delta int32) {
+		if v.runningHandlers.Add(delta) == 0 {
+			gc.log.Debug(logs.ShardEventProcessingEnd)
+		}
+	}
+	gc.log.Debug(logs.ShardEventProcessingStart)
 	for i := range v.handlers {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
+			addAndLog(int32(i - len(v.handlers)))
 			return
 		default:
 		}
 		h := v.handlers[i]
-
+		v.wg.Add(1)
 		err := gc.workerPool.Submit(func() {
-			defer v.prevGroup.Done()
-			h(runCtx, event)
+			h(ctx, event)
+			addAndLog(-1)
+			v.wg.Done()
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			gc.log.Warn(logs.ShardCouldNotSubmitGCJobToWorkerPool,
 				zap.String("error", err.Error()),
 			)
-
-			v.prevGroup.Done()
+			addAndLog(-1)
+			v.wg.Done()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -264,7 +268,12 @@ func (gc *gc) stop() {
 	})
 
 	gc.log.Info(logs.ShardWaitingForGCWorkersToStop)
+	// Order is important here, at first we need to wait for listener ends,
+	// and then for handlers, which spawn inside the listener.
 	gc.wg.Wait()
+	for _, h := range gc.mEventHandler {
+		h.wg.Wait()
+	}
 }
 
 // iterates over metabase and deletes objects