diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls.go
index 56ffd4371d..4f15351df7 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls.go
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@ import (
 //
 // Returns nil if subsection if missing.
 func (x *Config) Sub(name string) *Config {
+	// copy path in order to prevent consequent violations
+	ln := len(x.path)
+
+	path := make([]string, ln, ln+1)
+
+	copy(path, x.path)
+
 	return &Config{
 		v:    x.v,
-		path: append(x.path, name),
+		path: append(path, name),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls_test.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls_test.go
index 6408447c21..52425ab704 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls_test.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/calls_test.go
@@ -42,3 +42,21 @@ func TestConfigEnv(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, value, c.Sub(section).Value(name))
 }
+
+func TestConfig_SubValue(t *testing.T) {
+	configtest.ForEachFileType("test/config", func(c *config.Config) {
+		c = c.
+			Sub("section").
+			Sub("sub").
+			Sub("sub")
+
+		// get subsection 1
+		sub := c.Sub("sub1")
+
+		// get subsection 2
+		c.Sub("sub2")
+
+		// sub should not be corrupted
+		require.Equal(t, "val1", sub.Value("key"))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json
index 8332e3e845..e2d00fcab0 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 {
   "value": "some value",
+
   "section": {
-    "any": "thing"
+    "any": "thing",
+    "sub": {
+      "sub": {
+        "sub1": {
+          "key": "val1"
+        },
+        "sub2": {
+          "key": "val2"
+        }
+      }
+    }
   },
 
   "string_slice": {
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml
index 1b5f6c07d7..6ee4aca0f2 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/test/config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ value: some value
 section:
   any: thing
 
+  sub:
+    sub:
+      sub1:
+        key: val1
+
+      sub2:
+        key: val2
+
 string_slice:
   empty: []