diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
index 8bf9ec340..e1fb21995 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
@@ -2838,6 +2838,32 @@ mod test {
         assert!(entries.next_entry().await.unwrap().is_some());
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn cleanup_stale_tmp_objects_keeps_fresh_dirs_and_regular_files() {
+        use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let tmp = LocalDisk::meta_path(dir.path(), RUSTFS_META_TMP_BUCKET);
+        let fresh_dir = tmp.join("fresh").join("data");
+        let regular_file = tmp.join("note.txt");
+        let trash = LocalDisk::meta_path(dir.path(), RUSTFS_META_TMP_DELETED_BUCKET);
+
+        fs::create_dir_all(fresh_dir.parent().unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+        fs::create_dir_all(&trash).await.unwrap();
+        fs::write(&fresh_dir, b"temporary").await.unwrap();
+        fs::write(&regular_file, b"keep").await.unwrap();
+
+        LocalDisk::cleanup_stale_tmp_objects_with_expiry(dir.path().to_path_buf(), Duration::from_secs(60))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert!(tmp.join("fresh").exists());
+        assert!(regular_file.exists());
+
+        let mut entries = fs::read_dir(&trash).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(entries.next_entry().await.unwrap().is_none());
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_scan_dir_includes_nested_object_dirs() {
         use rustfs_filemeta::MetacacheReader;