diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1ee418e78..9d50515171 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Changelog for NeoFS Node
 - Skip unexpected notary events on notary request parsing step (#2315)
 - Session inactivity on object PUT request relay (#2460)
 - Missing connection retries on IR node startup when the first configured mainnet RPC node is not in sync (#2474)
+- Storage node no longer ignores unhealthy shards on startup (#2464)
 
 ### Removed
 - Deprecated `morph.rpc_endpoint` SN and `morph.endpoint.client` IR config sections (#2400)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/control.go
index 6ceb9cefae..71bf69284d 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/control.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package blobstor
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -14,20 +13,15 @@ func (b *BlobStor) Open(readOnly bool) error {
 	for i := range b.storage {
 		err := b.storage[i].Storage.Open(readOnly)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("open substorage %s: %w", b.storage[i].Storage.Type(), err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-// ErrInitBlobovniczas is returned when blobovnicza initialization fails.
-var ErrInitBlobovniczas = errors.New("failure on blobovnicza initialization stage")
-
 // Init initializes internal data structures and system resources.
 //
 // If BlobStor is already initialized, no action is taken.
-//
-// Returns wrapped ErrInitBlobovniczas on blobovnicza tree's initializaiton failure.
 func (b *BlobStor) Init() error {
 	b.log.Debug("initializing...")
 
@@ -38,7 +32,7 @@ func (b *BlobStor) Init() error {
 	for i := range b.storage {
 		err := b.storage[i].Storage.Init()
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrInitBlobovniczas, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("init substorage %s: %w", b.storage[i].Storage.Type(), err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go
index a1513415e8..fc9a173976 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go
@@ -5,18 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-type shardInitError struct {
-	err error
-	id  string
-}
-
 // Open opens all StorageEngine's components.
 func (e *StorageEngine) Open() error {
 	return e.open()
@@ -26,41 +19,9 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) open() error {
 	e.mtx.Lock()
 	defer e.mtx.Unlock()
 
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	var errCh = make(chan shardInitError, len(e.shards))
-
 	for id, sh := range e.shards {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(id string, sh *shard.Shard) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			if err := sh.Open(); err != nil {
-				errCh <- shardInitError{
-					err: err,
-					id:  id,
-				}
-			}
-		}(id, sh.Shard)
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-	close(errCh)
-
-	for res := range errCh {
-		if res.err != nil {
-			e.log.Error("could not open shard, closing and skipping",
-				zap.String("id", res.id),
-				zap.Error(res.err))
-
-			sh := e.shards[res.id]
-			delete(e.shards, res.id)
-
-			err := sh.Close()
-			if err != nil {
-				e.log.Error("could not close partially initialized shard",
-					zap.String("id", res.id),
-					zap.Error(res.err))
-			}
-
-			continue
+		if err := sh.Open(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("open shard %s: %w", id, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -72,51 +33,12 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Init() error {
 	e.mtx.Lock()
 	defer e.mtx.Unlock()
 
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	var errCh = make(chan shardInitError, len(e.shards))
-
 	for id, sh := range e.shards {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(id string, sh *shard.Shard) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			if err := sh.Init(); err != nil {
-				errCh <- shardInitError{
-					err: err,
-					id:  id,
-				}
-			}
-		}(id, sh.Shard)
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-	close(errCh)
-
-	for res := range errCh {
-		if res.err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(res.err, blobstor.ErrInitBlobovniczas) {
-				e.log.Error("could not initialize shard, closing and skipping",
-					zap.String("id", res.id),
-					zap.Error(res.err))
-
-				sh := e.shards[res.id]
-				delete(e.shards, res.id)
-
-				err := sh.Close()
-				if err != nil {
-					e.log.Error("could not close partially initialized shard",
-						zap.String("id", res.id),
-						zap.Error(res.err))
-				}
-
-				continue
-			}
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not initialize shard %s: %w", res.id, res.err)
+		if err := sh.Init(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("init shard %s: %w", id, err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(e.shards) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("failed initialization on all shards")
-	}
-
 	e.wg.Add(1)
 	go e.setModeLoop()
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go
index 914cbac6c7..55cf727e20 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go
@@ -132,18 +132,13 @@ func testEngineFailInitAndReload(t *testing.T, badDir string, errOnAdd bool, s [
 		}
 	}
 
-	e.mtx.RLock()
-	shardCount := len(e.shards)
-	e.mtx.RUnlock()
-	require.Equal(t, 0, shardCount)
-
 	require.NoError(t, os.Chmod(badDir, os.ModePerm))
 	require.NoError(t, e.Reload(ReConfiguration{
 		shards: map[string][]shard.Option{configID: s},
 	}))
 
 	e.mtx.RLock()
-	shardCount = len(e.shards)
+	shardCount := len(e.shards)
 	e.mtx.RUnlock()
 	require.Equal(t, 1, shardCount)
 }