diff --git a/triedb/database.go b/triedb/database.go
index 0fd3e1aa91..ef95169df1 100644
--- a/triedb/database.go
+++ b/triedb/database.go
@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ func (db *Database) Enable(root common.Hash) error {
 	return pdb.Enable(root)
 }
 
+// AdoptSyncedState activates the database after a snap/2 sync and adopts the
+// flat state populated during sync as-is, skipping regeneration.
+func (db *Database) AdoptSyncedState(root common.Hash) error {
+	pdb, ok := db.backend.(*pathdb.Database)
+	if !ok {
+		return errors.New("not supported")
+	}
+	return pdb.AdoptSyncedState(root)
+}
+
 // Journal commits an entire diff hierarchy to disk into a single journal entry.
 // This is meant to be used during shutdown to persist the snapshot without
 // flattening everything down (bad for reorgs). It's only supported by path-based
diff --git a/triedb/pathdb/database.go b/triedb/pathdb/database.go
index 98975d7fa5..e52949c93e 100644
--- a/triedb/pathdb/database.go
+++ b/triedb/pathdb/database.go
@@ -365,16 +365,9 @@ func (db *Database) Disable() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Enable activates database and resets the state tree with the provided persistent
-// state root once the state sync is finished.
-func (db *Database) Enable(root common.Hash) error {
-	db.lock.Lock()
-	defer db.lock.Unlock()
-
-	// Short circuit if the database is in read only mode.
-	if db.readOnly {
-		return errDatabaseReadOnly
-	}
+// resetForReactivation performs the pathdb-side bookkeeping shared by both
+// Enable and AdoptSyncedState.
+func (db *Database) resetForReactivation(root common.Hash) error {
 	// Ensure the provided state root matches the stored one.
 	stored, err := db.hasher(rawdb.ReadAccountTrieNode(db.diskdb, nil))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -383,27 +376,40 @@ func (db *Database) Enable(root common.Hash) error {
 	if stored != root {
 		return fmt.Errorf("state root mismatch: stored %x, synced %x", stored, root)
 	}
-	// Drop the stale state journal in persistent database and
-	// reset the persistent state id back to zero.
+	// Drop the stale state journal marker and reset the persistent state id
+	// back to zero.
 	batch := db.diskdb.NewBatch()
 	rawdb.DeleteSnapshotRoot(batch)
 	rawdb.WritePersistentStateID(batch, 0)
 	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// Clean up all state histories in freezer. Theoretically
-	// all root->id mappings should be removed as well. Since
-	// mappings can be huge and might take a while to clear
-	// them, just leave them in disk and wait for overwriting.
+	// Clean up all state histories in the freezer. Theoretically all root->id
+	// mappings should be removed as well; since those can be huge, leave them
+	// on disk and let them be overwritten.
 	purgeHistory(db.stateFreezer, db.diskdb, typeStateHistory)
 	purgeHistory(db.trienodeFreezer, db.diskdb, typeTrienodeHistory)
 
-	// Re-enable the database as the final step.
+	// Re-enable the database as the final bookkeeping step.
 	db.waitSync = false
 	rawdb.WriteSnapSyncStatusFlag(db.diskdb, rawdb.StateSyncFinished)
+	return nil
+}
 
-	// Re-construct a new disk layer backed by persistent state
-	// and schedule the state snapshot generation if it's permitted.
+// Enable activates the database after a snap/1 sync and schedules background
+// regeneration of the snapshot from the trie.
+func (db *Database) Enable(root common.Hash) error {
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if db.readOnly {
+		return errDatabaseReadOnly
+	}
+	if err := db.resetForReactivation(root); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Re-construct a new disk layer backed by persistent state and schedule
+	// the state snapshot generation if it's permitted.
 	db.tree.init(generateSnapshot(db, root, db.isUBT || db.config.SnapshotNoBuild))
 
 	// After snap sync, the state of the database may have changed completely.
@@ -416,6 +422,43 @@ func (db *Database) Enable(root common.Hash) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// AdoptSyncedState reactivates the database after a snap/2 sync. The syncer
+// already wrote a consistent flat state, so we take it as-is instead of
+// rebuilding it from the trie. The new disk layer has no generator attached,
+// and a "done" marker is written so future boots know the snapshot is
+// already complete.
+func (db *Database) AdoptSyncedState(root common.Hash) error {
+	db.lock.Lock()
+	defer db.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if db.readOnly {
+		return errDatabaseReadOnly
+	}
+	if err := db.resetForReactivation(root); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Tell the snapshot subsystem the flat state is good by writing the new root
+	// and a "done" marker (nil journal) so the next boot doesn't try to rebuild it.
+	batch := db.diskdb.NewBatch()
+	rawdb.WriteSnapshotRoot(batch, root)
+	journalProgress(batch, nil, nil)
+	if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// New disk layer, no generator attached. Nothing to rebuild, and reads
+	// can serve the flat state right away without waiting on a generator to
+	// scan past every key.
+	dl := newDiskLayer(root, 0, db, nil, nil, newBuffer(db.config.WriteBufferSize, nil, nil, 0), nil)
+	db.tree.init(dl)
+
+	db.setHistoryIndexer()
+
+	log.Info("Adopted synced state", "root", root)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Recover rollbacks the database to a specified historical point.
 // The state is supported as the rollback destination only if it's
 // canonical state and the corresponding trie histories are existent.
diff --git a/triedb/pathdb/database_test.go b/triedb/pathdb/database_test.go
index 8ceb22eaba..41212dc9d0 100644
--- a/triedb/pathdb/database_test.go
+++ b/triedb/pathdb/database_test.go
@@ -748,6 +748,84 @@ func TestDisable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestAdoptSyncedState verifies that AdoptSyncedState rejects a wrong root,
+// writes the on-disk markers that say the snapshot is already complete,
+// leaves a single fresh disk layer with no generator attached, and clears
+// out stale state histories.
+func TestAdoptSyncedState(t *testing.T) {
+	maxDiffLayers = 4
+	defer func() {
+		maxDiffLayers = 128
+	}()
+
+	tester := newTester(t, &testerConfig{layers: 12})
+	defer tester.release()
+
+	// Push everything down to disk so the trie root is the persistent root.
+	if err := tester.db.Commit(tester.lastHash(), false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to commit, err: %v", err)
+	}
+	stored := crypto.Keccak256Hash(rawdb.ReadAccountTrieNode(tester.db.diskdb, nil))
+
+	// Mimic the snap-syncing state.
+	if err := tester.db.Disable(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to disable database: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Mismatched root must be rejected.
+	if err := tester.db.AdoptSyncedState(types.EmptyRootHash); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Mismatched root should be rejected")
+	}
+	if err := tester.db.AdoptSyncedState(stored); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AdoptSyncedState failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// On-disk markers reflect a completed snapshot.
+	if got := rawdb.ReadSnapshotRoot(tester.db.diskdb); got != stored {
+		t.Fatalf("SnapshotRoot mismatch: got %x want %x", got, stored)
+	}
+	if blob := rawdb.ReadSnapshotGenerator(tester.db.diskdb); len(blob) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Generator journal not written")
+	} else {
+		var entry journalGenerator
+		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(blob, &entry); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to decode generator journal: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !entry.Done {
+			t.Fatal("Generator journal should be marked Done")
+		}
+		// RLP turns a nil slice into an empty one on decode, so check length.
+		if len(entry.Marker) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Generator marker should be empty, got %x", entry.Marker)
+		}
+	}
+	if rawdb.ReadSnapSyncStatusFlag(tester.db.diskdb) != rawdb.StateSyncFinished {
+		t.Fatal("Sync-status flag should be StateSyncFinished")
+	}
+	if tester.db.waitSync {
+		t.Fatal("waitSync should be false after adopt")
+	}
+
+	// State histories are purged.
+	if n, err := tester.db.stateFreezer.Ancients(); err != nil || n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("State histories not purged: count=%d err=%v", n, err)
+	}
+
+	// Layer tree has a single disk layer with no generator attached.
+	if got := tester.db.tree.len(); got != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected single layer, got %d", got)
+	}
+	dl := tester.db.tree.bottom()
+	if dl.rootHash() != stored {
+		t.Fatalf("Disk layer root mismatch: got %x want %x", dl.rootHash(), stored)
+	}
+	if dl.generator != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Disk layer should have no generator after adopt")
+	}
+	if dl.genMarker() != nil {
+		t.Fatal("genMarker should be nil after adopt")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	// Redefine the diff layer depth allowance for faster testing.
 	maxDiffLayers = 4