diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
index d3b4f9cc5..8dcb1fcac 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object"
 	addressSDK "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/address"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ const inhumeGCMarkValue = "GCMARK"
 var errBreakBucketForEach = errors.New("bucket ForEach break")
 
 // Inhume marks objects as removed but not removes it from metabase.
+//
+// Allows inhuming non-locked objects only. Returns apistatus.ObjectLocked
+// if at least one object is locked.
 func (db *DB) Inhume(prm *InhumePrm) (res *InhumeRes, err error) {
 	err = db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		graveyard, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists(graveyardBucketName)
@@ -96,6 +100,11 @@ func (db *DB) Inhume(prm *InhumePrm) (res *InhumeRes, err error) {
 		}
 
 		for i := range prm.target {
+			// prevent locked objects to be inhumed
+			if objectLocked(tx, *prm.target[i].ContainerID(), *prm.target[i].ObjectID()) {
+				return apistatus.ObjectLocked{}
+			}
+
 			obj, err := db.get(tx, prm.target[i], false, true)
 
 			// if object is stored and it is regular object then update bucket
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume_test.go
index 9e07228f8..e297cdbe6 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	meta "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase"
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
+	objecttest "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/address/test"
+	oid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id"
+	oidtest "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -84,3 +88,20 @@ func TestInhumeTombOnTomb(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.False(t, res.Exists())
 }
+
+func TestInhumeLocked(t *testing.T) {
+	db := newDB(t)
+
+	locked := *objecttest.Address()
+
+	err := db.Lock(*locked.ContainerID(), *oidtest.ID(), []oid.ID{*locked.ObjectID()})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var prm meta.InhumePrm
+	prm.WithAddresses(&locked)
+
+	_, err = db.Inhume(&prm)
+
+	var e apistatus.ObjectLocked
+	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &e)
+}