diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index f8e1de55e9..8022f7f3ee 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -5994,13 +5994,14 @@ bool ChainstateManager::DeleteSnapshotChainstate()
     Assert(m_snapshot_chainstate);
     Assert(m_ibd_chainstate);
 
-    fs::path snapshot_datadir = GetSnapshotCoinsDBPath(*m_snapshot_chainstate);
+    fs::path snapshot_datadir = Assert(node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_options.datadir)).value();
     if (!DeleteCoinsDBFromDisk(snapshot_datadir, /*is_snapshot=*/ true)) {
         LogPrintf("Deletion of %s failed. Please remove it manually to continue reindexing.\n",
                   fs::PathToString(snapshot_datadir));
         return false;
     }
     m_active_chainstate = m_ibd_chainstate.get();
+    m_active_chainstate->m_mempool = m_snapshot_chainstate->m_mempool;
     m_snapshot_chainstate.reset();
     return true;
 }