diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/difflayer.go b/core/state/snapshot/difflayer.go
index 203d66f93d..4701acccd3 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/difflayer.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/difflayer.go
@@ -292,14 +292,9 @@ func (dl *diffLayer) Account(hash common.Hash) (*Account, error) {
 //
 // Note the returned account is not a copy, please don't modify it.
 func (dl *diffLayer) AccountRLP(hash common.Hash) ([]byte, error) {
-	dl.lock.RLock()
-	// Check staleness before reaching further.
-	if dl.Stale() {
-		dl.lock.RUnlock()
-		return nil, ErrSnapshotStale
-	}
 	// Check the bloom filter first whether there's even a point in reaching into
 	// all the maps in all the layers below
+	dl.lock.RLock()
 	hit := dl.diffed.Contains(accountBloomHasher(hash))
 	if !hit {
 		hit = dl.diffed.Contains(destructBloomHasher(hash))
@@ -366,11 +361,6 @@ func (dl *diffLayer) Storage(accountHash, storageHash common.Hash) ([]byte, erro
 	// Check the bloom filter first whether there's even a point in reaching into
 	// all the maps in all the layers below
 	dl.lock.RLock()
-	// Check staleness before reaching further.
-	if dl.Stale() {
-		dl.lock.RUnlock()
-		return nil, ErrSnapshotStale
-	}
 	hit := dl.diffed.Contains(storageBloomHasher{accountHash, storageHash})
 	if !hit {
 		hit = dl.diffed.Contains(destructBloomHasher(accountHash))
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
index 038bd6df62..249da10aa6 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
@@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ func TestDiskLayerExternalInvalidationPartialFlatten(t *testing.T) {
 // be returned with junk data. This version of the test retains the bottom diff
 // layer to check the usual mode of operation where the accumulator is retained.
 func TestDiffLayerExternalInvalidationPartialFlatten(t *testing.T) {
-	// Un-commenting this triggers the bloom set to be deterministic. The values below
-	// were used to trigger the flaw described in https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/27254.
-	// bloomDestructHasherOffset, bloomAccountHasherOffset, bloomStorageHasherOffset = 14, 24, 5
-
 	// Create an empty base layer and a snapshot tree out of it
 	base := &diskLayer{
 		diskdb: rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(),