diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
index 9109238412..d223fa0496 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ func randomAccount() []byte {
 	return data
 }
 
+func randomAccountWithSmall() []byte {
+	root := randomHash()
+	var a Account
+	// we want some accounts to be small
+	if rand.Intn(100) == 15 {
+		a = Account{
+			Balance:  new(big.Int),
+			Nonce:    uint64(1),
+			Root:     nil,
+			CodeHash: nil,
+		}
+	} else {
+		a = Account{
+			Balance:  big.NewInt(rand.Int63()),
+			Nonce:    rand.Uint64(),
+			Root:     root[:],
+			CodeHash: emptyCode[:],
+		}
+	}
+	data, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(a)
+	return data
+}
+
 // randomAccountSet generates a set of random accounts with the given strings as
 // the account address hashes.
 func randomAccountSet(hashes ...string) map[common.Hash][]byte {
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/trie_generator_test.go b/core/state/snapshot/trie_generator_test.go
index 28727f90f9..e6738beaea 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/trie_generator_test.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/trie_generator_test.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func BenchmarkTrieGeneration(b *testing.B) {
 		for i := 0; i < num; i++ {
 			h := common.Hash{}
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(h[:], uint64(i+1))
-			accounts[h] = randomAccount()
+			accounts[h] = randomAccountWithSmall()
 		}
 		return accounts
 	}
@@ -139,26 +139,43 @@ func BenchmarkTrieGeneration(b *testing.B) {
 		b.Run("standard", func(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			b.ReportAllocs()
+			var got common.Hash
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 				it := head.(*diffLayer).AccountIterator(common.HexToHash("0x00"))
-				generateTrie(it, StdGenerate)
+				got = generateTrie(it, StdGenerate)
+			}
+			b.StopTimer()
+			if exp := common.HexToHash("fecc4e1fce05c888c8acc8baa2d7677a531714668b7a09b5ede6e3e110be266b"); got != exp{
+				b.Fatalf("Error: got %x exp %x", got, exp)
 			}
 		})
 		b.Run("pruning", func(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			b.ReportAllocs()
+			var got common.Hash
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 				it := head.(*diffLayer).AccountIterator(common.HexToHash("0x00"))
-				generateTrie(it, PruneGenerate)
+				got = generateTrie(it, PruneGenerate)
 			}
+			b.StopTimer()
+			if exp := common.HexToHash("fecc4e1fce05c888c8acc8baa2d7677a531714668b7a09b5ede6e3e110be266b"); got != exp{
+				b.Fatalf("Error: got %x exp %x", got, exp)
+			}
+
 		})
 		b.Run("stack", func(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			b.ReportAllocs()
+			var got common.Hash
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 				it := head.(*diffLayer).AccountIterator(common.HexToHash("0x00"))
-				generateTrie(it, StackGenerate)
+				got = generateTrie(it, StackGenerate)
 			}
+			b.StopTimer()
+			if exp := common.HexToHash("fecc4e1fce05c888c8acc8baa2d7677a531714668b7a09b5ede6e3e110be266b"); got != exp{
+				b.Fatalf("Error: got %x exp %x", got, exp)
+			}
+
 		})
 	})
 	b.Run("10K", func(b *testing.B) {