diff --git a/src/debug_utils.h b/src/debug_utils.h
index 31c929f122cd1f..280b4cb39c780a 100644
--- a/src/debug_utils.h
+++ b/src/debug_utils.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void NODE_EXTERN_PRIVATE FWrite(FILE* file, const std::string& str);
   V(SEA)                                                                       \
   V(WASI)                                                                      \
   V(MKSNAPSHOT)                                                                \
+  V(SNAPSHOT_SERDES)                                                           \
   V(PERMISSION_MODEL)
 
 enum class DebugCategory : unsigned int {
diff --git a/src/node_snapshotable.cc b/src/node_snapshotable.cc
index 2c10f176c94033..562a47ddcc9c8e 100644
--- a/src/node_snapshotable.cc
+++ b/src/node_snapshotable.cc
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ class SnapshotDeserializer : public BlobDeserializer<SnapshotDeserializer> {
  public:
   explicit SnapshotDeserializer(std::string_view v)
       : BlobDeserializer<SnapshotDeserializer>(
-            per_process::enabled_debug_list.enabled(DebugCategory::MKSNAPSHOT),
+            per_process::enabled_debug_list.enabled(
+                DebugCategory::SNAPSHOT_SERDES),
             v) {}
 
   template <typename T,
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ class SnapshotSerializer : public BlobSerializer<SnapshotSerializer> {
   SnapshotSerializer()
       : BlobSerializer<SnapshotSerializer>(
             per_process::enabled_debug_list.enabled(
-                DebugCategory::MKSNAPSHOT)) {
+                DebugCategory::SNAPSHOT_SERDES)) {
     // Currently the snapshot blob built with an empty script is around 4MB.
     // So use that as the default sink size.
     sink.reserve(4 * 1024 * 1024);