diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
index 9843e32488..a78b284e7e 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/util/logger"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ type StorageEngine struct {
 	mtx *sync.RWMutex
 
 	shards map[string]*shard.Shard
+
+	shardPools map[string]util.WorkerPool
 }
 
 // Option represents StorageEngine's constructor option.
@@ -24,11 +27,15 @@ type cfg struct {
 	log *logger.Logger
 
 	metrics MetricRegister
+
+	shardPoolSize uint32
 }
 
 func defaultCfg() *cfg {
 	return &cfg{
 		log: zap.L(),
+
+		shardPoolSize: 20,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -41,9 +48,10 @@ func New(opts ...Option) *StorageEngine {
 	}
 
 	return &StorageEngine{
-		cfg:    c,
-		mtx:    new(sync.RWMutex),
-		shards: make(map[string]*shard.Shard),
+		cfg:        c,
+		mtx:        new(sync.RWMutex),
+		shards:     make(map[string]*shard.Shard),
+		shardPools: make(map[string]util.WorkerPool),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -59,3 +67,10 @@ func WithMetrics(v MetricRegister) Option {
 		c.metrics = v
 	}
 }
+
+// WithShardPoolSize returns option to specify size of worker pool for each shard.
+func WithShardPoolSize(sz uint32) Option {
+	return func(c *cfg) {
+		c.shardPoolSize = sz
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go
index 56f62612d4..c8d8e55a6a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go
@@ -49,46 +49,58 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Put(prm *PutPrm) (*PutRes, error) {
 	finished := false
 
 	e.iterateOverSortedShards(prm.obj.Address(), func(ind int, s *shard.Shard) (stop bool) {
-		exists, err := s.Exists(existPrm)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false // this is not ErrAlreadyRemoved error so we can go to the next shard
-		}
+		e.mtx.RLock()
+		pool := e.shardPools[s.ID().String()]
+		e.mtx.RUnlock()
 
-		if exists.Exists() {
-			if ind != 0 {
-				toMoveItPrm := new(shard.ToMoveItPrm)
-				toMoveItPrm.WithAddress(prm.obj.Address())
+		exitCh := make(chan struct{})
 
-				_, err = s.ToMoveIt(toMoveItPrm)
-				if err != nil {
-					e.log.Warn("could not mark object for shard relocation",
-						zap.Stringer("shard", s.ID()),
-						zap.String("error", err.Error()),
-					)
+		_ = pool.Submit(func() {
+			defer close(exitCh)
+
+			exists, err := s.Exists(existPrm)
+			if err != nil {
+				return // this is not ErrAlreadyRemoved error so we can go to the next shard
+			}
+
+			if exists.Exists() {
+				if ind != 0 {
+					toMoveItPrm := new(shard.ToMoveItPrm)
+					toMoveItPrm.WithAddress(prm.obj.Address())
+
+					_, err = s.ToMoveIt(toMoveItPrm)
+					if err != nil {
+						e.log.Warn("could not mark object for shard relocation",
+							zap.Stringer("shard", s.ID()),
+							zap.String("error", err.Error()),
+						)
+					}
 				}
+
+				finished = true
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			putPrm := new(shard.PutPrm)
+			putPrm.WithObject(prm.obj)
+
+			_, err = s.Put(putPrm)
+			if err != nil {
+				e.log.Warn("could not put object in shard",
+					zap.Stringer("shard", s.ID()),
+					zap.String("error", err.Error()),
+				)
+
+				return
 			}
 
 			finished = true
+		})
 
-			return true
-		}
+		<-exitCh
 
-		putPrm := new(shard.PutPrm)
-		putPrm.WithObject(prm.obj)
-
-		_, err = s.Put(putPrm)
-		if err != nil {
-			e.log.Warn("could not put object in shard",
-				zap.Stringer("shard", s.ID()),
-				zap.String("error", err.Error()),
-			)
-
-			return false
-		}
-
-		finished = true
-
-		return true
+		return finished
 	})
 
 	if !finished {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
index 41633b2609..be8219c37d 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/hrw"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
+	"github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2"
 )
 
 var errShardNotFound = errors.New("shard not found")
@@ -29,11 +30,20 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) AddShard(opts ...shard.Option) (*shard.ID, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate shard ID: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	e.shards[id.String()] = shard.New(append(opts,
+	pool, err := ants.NewPool(int(e.shardPoolSize), ants.WithNonblocking(true))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	strID := id.String()
+
+	e.shards[strID] = shard.New(append(opts,
 		shard.WithID(id),
 		shard.WithExpiredObjectsCallback(e.processExpiredTombstones),
 	)...)
 
+	e.shardPools[strID] = pool
+
 	return id, nil
 }