diff --git a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/columnshard_impl.h b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/columnshard_impl.h
index 0b8d7c1c017c..879e9e80281f 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/columnshard_impl.h
+++ b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/columnshard_impl.h
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ class TColumnShard: public TActor<TColumnShard>, public NTabletFlatExecutor::TTa
     std::shared_ptr<TAtomicCounter> TabletActivityImpl = std::make_shared<TAtomicCounter>(0);
 
 public:
+    TAtomicCounter InitShardCounter;
+
     ui64 BuildEphemeralTxId() {
         static TAtomicCounter Counter = 0;
         static constexpr ui64 shift = (ui64)1 << 47;
diff --git a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.cpp b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.cpp
index debb1a6b298b..03f310ad7110 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ TTxController::TProposeResult TSchemaTransactionOperator::DoStartProposeOnExecut
     switch (SchemaTxBody.TxBody_case()) {
         case NKikimrTxColumnShard::TSchemaTxBody::kInitShard:
         {
+            if (owner.InitShardCounter.Add(1) != 1) {
+                AFL_WARN(NKikimrServices::TX_COLUMNSHARD)("event", "repeated_initialization")("tx_id", GetTxId())(
+                    "counter", owner.InitShardCounter.Val());
+            }
             auto validationStatus = ValidateTables(SchemaTxBody.GetInitShard().GetTables());
             if (validationStatus.IsFail()) {
                 return TProposeResult(NKikimrTxColumnShard::EResultStatus::SCHEMA_ERROR, "Invalid schema: " + validationStatus.GetErrorMessage());
diff --git a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.h b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.h
index 8b7575cc3cc4..df0b8aedb076 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.h
+++ b/ydb/core/tx/columnshard/transactions/operators/schema.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class TSchemaTransactionOperator: public IProposeTxOperator, public TMonitoringO
     THashSet<ui64> GetNotErasedTableIds(const TColumnShard& owner, const TInfoProto& tables) const {
         THashSet<ui64> result;
         for (auto&& i : tables) {
-            AFL_VERIFY(!owner.TablesManager.HasTable(i.GetPathId()));
             if (owner.TablesManager.HasTable(i.GetPathId(), true)) {
                 result.emplace(i.GetPathId());
             }