diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
index 02b5f4c238f..fc89deceb6b 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
@@ -7196,9 +7196,19 @@ bool StorageReplicatedMergeTree::unlockSharedData(const IMergeTreeDataPart & par
     if (!disk || !disk->supportZeroCopyReplication())
         return true;
 
-    auto ref_count = disk->getRefCount(fs::path(part.getFullRelativePath()) / IMergeTreeDataPart::FILE_FOR_REFERENCES_CHECK);
-    if (ref_count > 0) /// Keep part shard info for frozen backups
-        return false;
+    /// If part is temporary refcount file may be absent
+    auto ref_count_path = fs::path(part.getFullRelativePath()) / IMergeTreeDataPart::FILE_FOR_REFERENCES_CHECK;
+    if (disk->exists(ref_count_path))
+    {
+        auto ref_count = disk->getRefCount(ref_count_path);
+        if (ref_count > 0) /// Keep part shard info for frozen backups
+            return false;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /// Temporary part with some absent file cannot be locked in shared mode
+        return true;
+    }
 
     return unlockSharedDataByID(part.getUniqueId(), getTableSharedID(), name, replica_name, disk, getZooKeeper(), *getSettings(), log,
         zookeeper_path);