diff --git a/core/state/statedb_test.go b/core/state/statedb_test.go
index ad829a0c8f..df1cd5547d 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb_test.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb_test.go
@@ -426,10 +426,12 @@ func (test *snapshotTest) run() bool {
 		state, _     = New(types.EmptyRootHash, NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()), nil)
 		snapshotRevs = make([]int, len(test.snapshots))
 		sindex       = 0
+		checkstates  = make([]*StateDB, len(test.snapshots))
 	)
 	for i, action := range test.actions {
 		if len(test.snapshots) > sindex && i == test.snapshots[sindex] {
 			snapshotRevs[sindex] = state.Snapshot()
+			checkstates[sindex] = state.Copy()
 			sindex++
 		}
 		action.fn(action, state)
@@ -437,12 +439,8 @@ func (test *snapshotTest) run() bool {
 	// Revert all snapshots in reverse order. Each revert must yield a state
 	// that is equivalent to fresh state with all actions up the snapshot applied.
 	for sindex--; sindex >= 0; sindex-- {
-		checkstate, _ := New(types.EmptyRootHash, state.Database(), nil)
-		for _, action := range test.actions[:test.snapshots[sindex]] {
-			action.fn(action, checkstate)
-		}
 		state.RevertToSnapshot(snapshotRevs[sindex])
-		if err := test.checkEqual(state, checkstate); err != nil {
+		if err := test.checkEqual(state, checkstates[sindex]); err != nil {
 			test.err = fmt.Errorf("state mismatch after revert to snapshot %d\n%v", sindex, err)
 			return false
 		}