diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/delete.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/delete.go
index c0d6533a0e..fb0f752d2f 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/delete.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func (c *cache) Delete(addr *objectSDK.Address) error {
 		if saddr == c.mem[i].addr {
 			copy(c.mem[i:], c.mem[i+1:])
 			c.mem = c.mem[:len(c.mem)-1]
+			c.curMemSize -= uint64(len(c.mem[i].data))
 			c.mtx.Unlock()
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -26,18 +27,24 @@ func (c *cache) Delete(addr *objectSDK.Address) error {
 	c.mtx.Unlock()
 
 	// Check disk cache.
-	has := false
+	var has int
 	_ = c.db.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		b := tx.Bucket(defaultBucket)
-		has = b.Get([]byte(saddr)) != nil
+		has = len(b.Get([]byte(saddr)))
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	if has {
-		return c.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	if 0 < has {
+		err := c.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 			b := tx.Bucket(defaultBucket)
-			return b.Delete([]byte(saddr))
+			err := b.Delete([]byte(saddr))
+			return err
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		c.dbSize.Sub(uint64(has))
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	err := c.fsTree.Delete(addr)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go
index f42e01d9b9..8b682a465e 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/flush.go
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ func (c *cache) flush() {
 			c.flushed.Add(m[i].addr, true)
 		}
 
-		c.dbSize.Sub(uint64(sz))
-
 		c.log.Debug("flushed items from write-cache",
 			zap.Int("count", len(m)),
 			zap.String("start", base58.Encode(lastKey)))
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/persist.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/persist.go
index 1d793decbf..636b061129 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/persist.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/persist.go
@@ -31,19 +31,13 @@ func (c *cache) persistLoop() {
 				zap.Int("total", len(m)))
 
 			c.mtx.Lock()
+			c.curMemSize = 0
 			n := copy(c.mem, c.mem[len(m):])
 			c.mem = c.mem[:n]
 			for i := range c.mem {
 				c.curMemSize += uint64(len(c.mem[i].data))
 			}
 			c.mtx.Unlock()
-
-			sz := 0
-			for i := range m {
-				sz += len(m[i].addr) + m[i].obj.ToV2().StableSize()
-			}
-			c.dbSize.Add(uint64(sz))
-
 		case <-c.closeCh:
 			return
 		}
@@ -55,8 +49,8 @@ func (c *cache) persistToCache(objs []objectInfo) []int {
 		failMem []int
 		doneMem []int
 	)
-
-	_ = c.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	var sz uint64
+	err := c.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		b := tx.Bucket(defaultBucket)
 		for i := range objs {
 			if uint64(len(objs[i].data)) >= c.smallObjectSize {
@@ -68,12 +62,14 @@ func (c *cache) persistToCache(objs []objectInfo) []int {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-
+			sz += uint64(len(objs[i].data))
 			doneMem = append(doneMem, i)
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-
+	if err == nil {
+		c.dbSize.Add(sz)
+	}
 	if len(doneMem) > 0 {
 		c.evictObjects(len(doneMem))
 		for _, i := range doneMem {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/storage.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/storage.go
index 2e92b490d3..aa7386cb4d 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/writecache/storage.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/simplelru"
 	objectSDK "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/fstree"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -95,16 +96,26 @@ func (c *cache) deleteFromDB(keys [][]byte) error {
 	if len(keys) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-
-	return c.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	var sz uint64
+	err := c.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		b := tx.Bucket(defaultBucket)
 		for i := range keys {
+			has := b.Get(keys[i])
+			if has == nil {
+				return object.ErrNotFound
+			}
 			if err := b.Delete(keys[i]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			sz += uint64(len(has))
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.dbSize.Sub(sz)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *cache) deleteFromDisk(keys [][]byte) error {