diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/journal.go b/core/state/snapshot/journal.go
index 98a93b4968e00..067de689e71d1 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/journal.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/journal.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func loadAndParseJournal(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, base *diskLayer) (snapshot, jou
 	// It can happen that Geth crashes without persisting the latest
 	// diff journal.
 	if !bytes.Equal(root.Bytes(), base.root.Bytes()) {
-		log.Warn("Loaded snapshot journal", "diskroot", base.root, "diffs", "unmatched")
+		log.Debug("Loaded snapshot journal", "diskroot", base.root, "diffs", "unmatched")
 		return base, generator, nil
 	}
 	// Load all the snapshot diffs from the journal
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
index 0f00af47e18ff..230fa640d3b6d 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ func (t *Tree) generating() (bool, error) {
 	return layer.genMarker != nil, nil
 }
 
+func (t *Tree) Generating() (bool, error) {
+	return t.generating()
+}
+
 // diskRoot is a external helper function to return the disk layer root.
 func (t *Tree) DiskRoot() common.Hash {
 	t.lock.Lock()