diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go
index 779bac39..243be462 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ const (
 // runFlushLoop starts background workers which periodically flush objects to the blobstor.
 func (c *cache) runFlushLoop() {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
 
 	ch := c.closeCh
 	c.wg.Add(1)