diff --git a/cmd/ronin/snapshot.go b/cmd/ronin/snapshot.go
index 2a6a97f36..acb24361c 100644
--- a/cmd/ronin/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/ronin/snapshot.go
@@ -394,8 +394,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		if node != (common.Hash{}) {
 			// Check the present for non-empty hash node(embedded node doesn't
 			// have their own hash).
-			blob := rawdb.ReadLegacyTrieNode(chaindb, node)
-			if len(blob) == 0 {
+			if !rawdb.HasLegacyTrieNode(chaindb, node) {
 				log.Error("Missing trie node(account)", "hash", node)
 				return errors.New("missing account")
 			}
@@ -423,8 +422,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 					// Check the present for non-empty hash node(embedded node doesn't
 					// have their own hash).
 					if node != (common.Hash{}) {
-						blob := rawdb.ReadLegacyTrieNode(chaindb, node)
-						if len(blob) == 0 {
+						if !rawdb.HasLegacyTrieNode(chaindb, node) {
 							log.Error("Missing trie node(storage)", "hash", node)
 							return errors.New("missing storage")
 						}
diff --git a/core/state/pruner/pruner.go b/core/state/pruner/pruner.go
index 34497569d..a383990be 100644
--- a/core/state/pruner/pruner.go
+++ b/core/state/pruner/pruner.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (p *Pruner) Prune(root common.Hash) error {
 	// Ensure the root is really present. The weak assumption
 	// is the presence of root can indicate the presence of the
 	// entire trie.
-	if blob := rawdb.ReadLegacyTrieNode(p.db, root); len(blob) == 0 {
+	if !rawdb.HasLegacyTrieNode(p.db, root) {
 		// The special case is for clique based networks(rinkeby, goerli
 		// and some other private networks), it's possible that two
 		// consecutive blocks will have same root. In this case snapshot
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (p *Pruner) Prune(root common.Hash) error {
 		// as the pruning target.
 		var found bool
 		for i := len(layers) - 2; i >= 2; i-- {
-			if blob := rawdb.ReadLegacyTrieNode(p.db, layers[i].Root()); len(blob) != 0 {
+			if !rawdb.HasLegacyTrieNode(p.db, layers[i].Root()) {
 				root = layers[i].Root()
 				found = true
 				log.Info("Selecting middle-layer as the pruning target", "root", root, "depth", i)