diff --git a/ydb/core/tablet/private/aggregated_counters.h b/ydb/core/tablet/private/aggregated_counters.h
index c099942d8e7b..0aa7012c8110 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tablet/private/aggregated_counters.h
+++ b/ydb/core/tablet/private/aggregated_counters.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class TAggregatedHistogramCounters {
     TVector<TCountersByTabletIdMap> CountersByTabletId; // each index is map from tablet to counter value
 };
 
-class TAggregatedLabeledCounters {
+class TAggregatedLabeledCounters : public TThrRefBase {
 public:
     //
     TAggregatedLabeledCounters(ui32 count, const ui8* aggrFunc, const char * const * names, const ui8* types, const TString& groupNames);
diff --git a/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.cpp b/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.cpp
index d1de85c23708..8bb365fceab7 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void TPQCounters::Apply(ui64 tabletId, const NKikimr::TTabletLabeledCountersBase
         }
     }
 
-    auto& el = LabeledCountersByGroup.InsertIfAbsent(group, new TAggregatedLabeledCounters(
+    auto el = LabeledCountersByGroup.InsertIfAbsent(group, new TAggregatedLabeledCounters(
         labeledCounters->GetCounters().Size(), labeledCounters->GetAggrFuncs(),
         labeledCounters->GetNames(), labeledCounters->GetTypes(), groupNames));
 
diff --git a/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.h b/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.h
index deb8c6e2ece6..799c8e1ed050 100644
--- a/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.h
+++ b/ydb/core/tablet/private/labeled_db_counters.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NPrivate {
 
 class TPQCounters : public ILabeledCounters {
 protected:
-    TConcurrentRWHashMap<TString, TAutoPtr<TAggregatedLabeledCounters>, 256> LabeledCountersByGroup;
+    TConcurrentRWHashMap<TString, TIntrusivePtr<TAggregatedLabeledCounters>, 256> LabeledCountersByGroup;
     NMonitoring::TDynamicCounterPtr Group;
 
 public:
diff --git a/ydb/core/util/concurrent_rw_hash.h b/ydb/core/util/concurrent_rw_hash.h
index bb25b7d8c328..e0e30fc8d68f 100644
--- a/ydb/core/util/concurrent_rw_hash.h
+++ b/ydb/core/util/concurrent_rw_hash.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class TConcurrentRWHashMap {
         return false;
     }
 
-    V& InsertIfAbsent(const K& key, const V& value) {
+    V InsertIfAbsent(const K& key, const V& value) {
         TBucket& bucket = GetBucketForKey(key);
         TWriteGuard guard(bucket.RWLock);
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class TConcurrentRWHashMap {
     }
 
     template <typename Callable>
-    V& InsertIfAbsentWithInit(const K& key, Callable initFunc) {
+    V InsertIfAbsentWithInit(const K& key, Callable initFunc) {
         TBucket& bucket = GetBucketForKey(key);
         TWriteGuard guard(bucket.RWLock);