diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
index 915de5262..5ac0c0be5 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
@@ -224,78 +224,86 @@ func (db *DB) inhumeTx(tx *bbolt.Tx, epoch uint64, prm InhumePrm, res *InhumeRes
 
 	buf := make([]byte, addressKeySize)
 	for i := range prm.target {
-		id := prm.target[i].Object()
-		cnr := prm.target[i].Container()
-
-		// prevent locked objects to be inhumed
-		if !prm.forceRemoval && objectLocked(tx, cnr, id) {
-			return new(apistatus.ObjectLocked)
-		}
-
-		var lockWasChecked bool
-
-		// prevent lock objects to be inhumed
-		// if `Inhume` was called not with the
-		// `WithForceGCMark` option
-		if !prm.forceRemoval {
-			if isLockObject(tx, cnr, id) {
-				return ErrLockObjectRemoval
-			}
-
-			lockWasChecked = true
-		}
-
-		obj, err := db.get(tx, prm.target[i], buf, false, true, epoch)
-		targetKey := addressKey(prm.target[i], buf)
-		var ecErr *objectSDK.ECInfoError
-		if err == nil {
-			err = db.updateDeleteInfo(tx, garbageBKT, graveyardBKT, targetKey, cnr, obj, res)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		} else if errors.As(err, &ecErr) {
-			err = db.inhumeECInfo(tx, epoch, prm.tomb, res, garbageBKT, graveyardBKT, ecErr.ECInfo(), cnr, bkt, value)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-
-		if prm.tomb != nil {
-			var isTomb bool
-			isTomb, err = db.markAsGC(graveyardBKT, garbageBKT, targetKey)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			if isTomb {
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-
-		// consider checking if target is already in graveyard?
-		err = bkt.Put(targetKey, value)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := db.inhumeTxSingle(bkt, value, graveyardBKT, garbageBKT, prm.target[i], buf, epoch, prm, res); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		if prm.lockObjectHandling {
-			// do not perform lock check if
-			// it was already called
-			if lockWasChecked {
-				// inhumed object is not of
-				// the LOCK type
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if isLockObject(tx, cnr, id) {
-				res.deletedLockObj = append(res.deletedLockObj, prm.target[i])
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	return db.applyInhumeResToCounters(tx, res)
 }
 
+func (db *DB) inhumeTxSingle(bkt *bbolt.Bucket, value []byte, graveyardBKT, garbageBKT *bbolt.Bucket, addr oid.Address, buf []byte, epoch uint64, prm InhumePrm, res *InhumeRes) error {
+	id := addr.Object()
+	cnr := addr.Container()
+	tx := bkt.Tx()
+
+	// prevent locked objects to be inhumed
+	if !prm.forceRemoval && objectLocked(tx, cnr, id) {
+		return new(apistatus.ObjectLocked)
+	}
+
+	var lockWasChecked bool
+
+	// prevent lock objects to be inhumed
+	// if `Inhume` was called not with the
+	// `WithForceGCMark` option
+	if !prm.forceRemoval {
+		if isLockObject(tx, cnr, id) {
+			return ErrLockObjectRemoval
+		}
+
+		lockWasChecked = true
+	}
+
+	obj, err := db.get(tx, addr, buf, false, true, epoch)
+	targetKey := addressKey(addr, buf)
+	var ecErr *objectSDK.ECInfoError
+	if err == nil {
+		err = db.updateDeleteInfo(tx, garbageBKT, graveyardBKT, targetKey, cnr, obj, res)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if errors.As(err, &ecErr) {
+		err = db.inhumeECInfo(tx, epoch, prm.tomb, res, garbageBKT, graveyardBKT, ecErr.ECInfo(), cnr, bkt, value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if prm.tomb != nil {
+		var isTomb bool
+		isTomb, err = db.markAsGC(graveyardBKT, garbageBKT, targetKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if isTomb {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// consider checking if target is already in graveyard?
+	err = bkt.Put(targetKey, value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if prm.lockObjectHandling {
+		// do not perform lock check if
+		// it was already called
+		if lockWasChecked {
+			// inhumed object is not of
+			// the LOCK type
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if isLockObject(tx, cnr, id) {
+			res.deletedLockObj = append(res.deletedLockObj, addr)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (db *DB) inhumeECInfo(tx *bbolt.Tx, epoch uint64, tomb *oid.Address, res *InhumeRes,
 	garbageBKT *bbolt.Bucket, graveyardBKT *bbolt.Bucket,
 	ecInfo *objectSDK.ECInfo, cnr cid.ID, targetBucket *bbolt.Bucket, value []byte,