diff --git a/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go b/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go
index 49ea0be613..6f1c3483ce 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go
@@ -1349,27 +1349,40 @@ func SeriesCount(qt *querytracer.Tracer, accountID, projectID uint32, denyPartia
 }
 
 type tmpBlocksFileWrapper struct {
-	tbfs []*tmpBlocksFile
+	shards []tmpBlocksFileWrapperShardWithPadding
+}
 
-	// metricNamesBufs are per-worker bufs for holding all the loaded unique metric names for ms and orderedMetricNamess.
+type tmpBlocksFileWrapperShard struct {
+	// tbf is a file where temporary blocks are stored from the read time series.
+	tbf *tmpBlocksFile
+
+	// metricNamesBuf is a buf for holding all the loaded unique metric names for m and orderedMetricNames.
 	// It should reduce pressure on Go GC by reducing the number of string allocations
 	// when constructing metricName string from byte slice.
-	metricNamesBufs [][]byte
+	metricNamesBuf []byte
 
-	// addrssPools are per-worker pools for holding all the blockAddrs across all the loaded time series.
+	// addrssPool is a pool for holding all the blockAddrs objects across all the loaded time series.
 	// It should reduce pressure on Go GC by reducing the number of blockAddrs object allocations.
-	addrssPools [][]blockAddrs
+	addrssPool []blockAddrs
 
-	// addrsPools are per-worker pools for holding the most of blockAddrs.addrs slices
+	// addrsPool is a pool for holding the most of blockAddrs.addrs slices.
 	// It should reduce pressure on Go GC by reducing the number of blockAddrs.addrs allocations.
-	addrsPools [][]tmpBlockAddr
+	addrsPool []tmpBlockAddr
 
-	// ms maps metricName to the addrssPools index.
-	ms []map[string]int
+	// m maps metricName to the addrssPool index.
+	m map[string]int
 
-	// orderedMetricNamess contain metric names in the order of their load.
+	// orderedMetricNames contains metric names in the order of their load.
 	// This order is important for sequential read of data from tmpBlocksFile.
-	orderedMetricNamess [][]string
+	orderedMetricNames []string
+}
+
+type tmpBlocksFileWrapperShardWithPadding struct {
+	tmpBlocksFileWrapperShard
+
+	// The padding prevents false sharing on widespread platforms with
+	// 128 mod (cache line size) = 0 .
+	_ [128 - unsafe.Sizeof(tmpBlocksFileWrapperShard{})%128]byte
 }
 
 type blockAddrs struct {
@@ -1382,58 +1395,54 @@ func haveSameBlockAddrTails(a, b []tmpBlockAddr) bool {
 	return sha.Data+uintptr(sha.Len)*unsafe.Sizeof(tmpBlockAddr{}) == shb.Data+uintptr(shb.Len)*unsafe.Sizeof(tmpBlockAddr{})
 }
 
-func (tbfw *tmpBlocksFileWrapper) newBlockAddrs(workerID uint) int {
-	addrssPool := tbfw.addrssPools[workerID]
+func (tbfwLocal *tmpBlocksFileWrapperShard) newBlockAddrs() int {
+	addrssPool := tbfwLocal.addrssPool
 	if cap(addrssPool) > len(addrssPool) {
 		addrssPool = addrssPool[:len(addrssPool)+1]
 	} else {
 		addrssPool = append(addrssPool, blockAddrs{})
 	}
-	tbfw.addrssPools[workerID] = addrssPool
+	tbfwLocal.addrssPool = addrssPool
 	idx := len(addrssPool) - 1
 	return idx
 }
 
 func newTmpBlocksFileWrapper(sns []*storageNode) *tmpBlocksFileWrapper {
 	n := len(sns)
-	tbfs := make([]*tmpBlocksFile, n)
-	for i := range tbfs {
-		tbfs[i] = getTmpBlocksFile()
-	}
-	ms := make([]map[string]int, n)
-	for i := range ms {
-		ms[i] = make(map[string]int)
+	shards := make([]tmpBlocksFileWrapperShardWithPadding, n)
+	for i := range shards {
+		shard := &shards[i]
+		shard.tbf = getTmpBlocksFile()
+		shard.m = make(map[string]int)
 	}
 	return &tmpBlocksFileWrapper{
-		tbfs:                tbfs,
-		metricNamesBufs:     make([][]byte, n),
-		addrssPools:         make([][]blockAddrs, n),
-		addrsPools:          make([][]tmpBlockAddr, n),
-		ms:                  ms,
-		orderedMetricNamess: make([][]string, n),
+		shards: shards,
 	}
 }
 
 func (tbfw *tmpBlocksFileWrapper) RegisterAndWriteBlock(mb *storage.MetricBlock, workerID uint) error {
+	tbfwLocal := &tbfw.shards[workerID]
+
 	bb := tmpBufPool.Get()
 	bb.B = storage.MarshalBlock(bb.B[:0], &mb.Block)
-	addr, err := tbfw.tbfs[workerID].WriteBlockData(bb.B, workerID)
+
+	addr, err := tbfwLocal.tbf.WriteBlockData(bb.B, workerID)
 	tmpBufPool.Put(bb)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	metricName := mb.MetricName
-	m := tbfw.ms[workerID]
+	m := tbfwLocal.m
 	addrsIdx, ok := m[string(metricName)]
 	if !ok {
-		addrsIdx = tbfw.newBlockAddrs(workerID)
+		addrsIdx = tbfwLocal.newBlockAddrs()
 	}
-	addrs := &tbfw.addrssPools[workerID][addrsIdx]
-	addrsPool := tbfw.addrsPools[workerID]
+	addrs := &tbfwLocal.addrssPool[addrsIdx]
+	addrsPool := tbfwLocal.addrsPool
 	if addrs.addrs == nil || haveSameBlockAddrTails(addrs.addrs, addrsPool) {
 		// It is safe appending addr to addrsPool, since there are no other items added there yet.
 		addrsPool = append(addrsPool, addr)
-		tbfw.addrsPools[workerID] = addrsPool
+		tbfwLocal.addrsPool = addrsPool
 		addrs.addrs = addrsPool[len(addrsPool)-len(addrs.addrs)-1 : len(addrsPool) : len(addrsPool)]
 	} else {
 		// It is unsafe appending addr to addrsPool, since there are other items added there.
@@ -1441,46 +1450,71 @@ func (tbfw *tmpBlocksFileWrapper) RegisterAndWriteBlock(mb *storage.MetricBlock,
 		addrs.addrs = append(addrs.addrs, addr)
 	}
 	if len(addrs.addrs) == 1 {
-		metricNamesBuf := tbfw.metricNamesBufs[workerID]
+		metricNamesBuf := tbfwLocal.metricNamesBuf
 		metricNamesBufLen := len(metricNamesBuf)
 		metricNamesBuf = append(metricNamesBuf, metricName...)
 		metricNameStr := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(metricNamesBuf[metricNamesBufLen:])
 
-		orderedMetricNames := tbfw.orderedMetricNamess[workerID]
+		orderedMetricNames := tbfwLocal.orderedMetricNames
 		orderedMetricNames = append(orderedMetricNames, metricNameStr)
 		m[metricNameStr] = addrsIdx
 
-		tbfw.orderedMetricNamess[workerID] = orderedMetricNames
-		tbfw.metricNamesBufs[workerID] = metricNamesBuf
+		tbfwLocal.orderedMetricNames = orderedMetricNames
+		tbfwLocal.metricNamesBuf = metricNamesBuf
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (tbfw *tmpBlocksFileWrapper) Finalize() ([]string, []blockAddrs, map[string]int, uint64, error) {
+	shards := tbfw.shards
+
 	var bytesTotal uint64
-	for i, tbf := range tbfw.tbfs {
+	for i := range shards {
+		tbf := shards[i].tbf
 		if err := tbf.Finalize(); err != nil {
-			closeTmpBlockFiles(tbfw.tbfs)
-			return nil, nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot finalize temporary blocks file with %d series: %w", len(tbfw.ms[i]), err)
+			tbfw.closeTmpBlockFiles()
+			return nil, nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot finalize temporary blocks file with %d series: %w", len(shards[i].m), err)
 		}
 		bytesTotal += tbf.Len()
 	}
-	orderedMetricNames := tbfw.orderedMetricNamess[0]
-	addrsByMetricName := tbfw.ms[0]
-	for i, m := range tbfw.ms[1:] {
-		addrssPools := tbfw.addrssPools[i]
-		for _, metricName := range tbfw.orderedMetricNamess[i+1] {
+
+	// merge data collected from all the shards
+	tbfwFirst := &shards[0]
+	orderedMetricNames := tbfwFirst.orderedMetricNames
+	addrsByMetricName := tbfwFirst.m
+	for i := 1; i < len(shards); i++ {
+		tbfwLocal := &shards[i]
+
+		m := tbfwLocal.m
+		addrssPool := tbfwLocal.addrssPool
+		for _, metricName := range tbfwLocal.orderedMetricNames {
 			dstAddrsIdx, ok := addrsByMetricName[metricName]
 			if !ok {
 				orderedMetricNames = append(orderedMetricNames, metricName)
-				dstAddrsIdx = tbfw.newBlockAddrs(0)
+				dstAddrsIdx = tbfwFirst.newBlockAddrs()
 				addrsByMetricName[metricName] = dstAddrsIdx
 			}
-			dstAddrs := &tbfw.addrssPools[0][dstAddrsIdx]
-			dstAddrs.addrs = append(dstAddrs.addrs, addrssPools[m[metricName]].addrs...)
+			dstAddrs := &tbfwFirst.addrssPool[dstAddrsIdx]
+			dstAddrs.addrs = append(dstAddrs.addrs, addrssPool[m[metricName]].addrs...)
 		}
 	}
-	return orderedMetricNames, tbfw.addrssPools[0], addrsByMetricName, bytesTotal, nil
+
+	return orderedMetricNames, tbfwFirst.addrssPool, addrsByMetricName, bytesTotal, nil
+}
+
+func (tbfw *tmpBlocksFileWrapper) closeTmpBlockFiles() {
+	tbfs := tbfw.getTmpBlockFiles()
+	closeTmpBlockFiles(tbfs)
+}
+
+func (tbfw *tmpBlocksFileWrapper) getTmpBlockFiles() []*tmpBlocksFile {
+	shards := tbfw.shards
+
+	tbfs := make([]*tmpBlocksFile, len(shards))
+	for i := range shards {
+		tbfs[i] = shards[i].tbf
+	}
+	return tbfs
 }
 
 var metricNamePool = &sync.Pool{
@@ -1632,7 +1666,7 @@ func ProcessSearchQuery(qt *querytracer.Tracer, denyPartialResponse bool, sq *st
 	}
 	isPartial, err := processBlocks(qt, sns, denyPartialResponse, sq, processBlock, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		closeTmpBlockFiles(tbfw.tbfs)
+		tbfw.closeTmpBlockFiles()
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("error occured during search: %w", err)
 	}
 	orderedMetricNames, addrssPool, m, bytesTotal, err := tbfw.Finalize()
@@ -1644,7 +1678,7 @@ func ProcessSearchQuery(qt *querytracer.Tracer, denyPartialResponse bool, sq *st
 	var rss Results
 	rss.tr = tr
 	rss.deadline = deadline
-	rss.tbfs = tbfw.tbfs
+	rss.tbfs = tbfw.getTmpBlockFiles()
 	pts := make([]packedTimeseries, len(orderedMetricNames))
 	for i, metricName := range orderedMetricNames {
 		pts[i] = packedTimeseries{