diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
index d84cac288..39f6c135e 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ func initCfg(appCfg *config.Config) *cfg {
 	c.onShutdown(c.clientCache.CloseAll) // clean up connections
 	c.onShutdown(func() { _ = c.persistate.Close() })
 
-	initLocalStorage(c)
-
 	return c
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/main.go b/cmd/neofs-node/main.go
index bb4827bb8..7ca7813b2 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/main.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/main.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ func initAndLog(c *cfg, name string, initializer func(*cfg)) {
 }
 
 func initApp(c *cfg) {
+	initLocalStorage(c)
+
 	c.ctx, c.ctxCancel = signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP)
 
 	initAndLog(c, "storage engine", func(c *cfg) {