diff --git a/dot/state/storage.go b/dot/state/storage.go
index b2ba64870e..360b0e86eb 100644
--- a/dot/state/storage.go
+++ b/dot/state/storage.go
@@ -85,12 +85,11 @@ func (s *StorageState) StoreTrie(ts *rtstorage.TrieState, header *types.Header)
 	}
 
 	if header != nil {
-		insertedMerkleValues, err := ts.GetInsertedMerkleValues()
+		insertedMerkleValues, deletedMerkleValues, err := ts.GetChangedNodeHashes()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get state trie inserted keys: block %s %w", header.Hash(), err)
 		}
 
-		deletedMerkleValues := ts.GetDeletedMerkleValues()
 		err = s.pruner.StoreJournalRecord(deletedMerkleValues, insertedMerkleValues, header.Hash(), int64(header.Number))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/lib/runtime/storage/trie.go b/lib/runtime/storage/trie.go
index e7dc4ca72c..e35579603c 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/storage/trie.go
+++ b/lib/runtime/storage/trie.go
@@ -271,18 +271,10 @@ func (s *TrieState) LoadCodeHash() (common.Hash, error) {
 	return common.Blake2bHash(code)
 }
 
-// GetInsertedMerkleValues returns the set of all node Merkle value inserted
-// into the state trie since the last block produced.
-func (s *TrieState) GetInsertedMerkleValues() (merkleValues map[string]struct{}, err error) {
+// GetChangedNodeHashes returns the two sets of hashes for all nodes
+// inserted and deleted in the state trie since the last block produced (trie snapshot).
+func (s *TrieState) GetChangedNodeHashes() (inserted, deleted map[string]struct{}, err error) {
 	s.lock.RLock()
 	defer s.lock.RUnlock()
-	return s.t.GetInsertedMerkleValues()
-}
-
-// GetDeletedMerkleValues returns the set of all node Merkle values deleted
-// from the state trie since the last block produced.
-func (s *TrieState) GetDeletedMerkleValues() (merkleValues map[string]struct{}) {
-	s.lock.RLock()
-	defer s.lock.RUnlock()
-	return s.t.GetDeletedMerkleValues()
+	return s.t.GetChangedNodeHashes()
 }
diff --git a/lib/trie/database.go b/lib/trie/database.go
index 6035e0c852..2a0682bba1 100644
--- a/lib/trie/database.go
+++ b/lib/trie/database.go
@@ -363,15 +363,22 @@ func (t *Trie) writeDirtyNode(db chaindb.Batch, n *Node) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetInsertedMerkleValues returns the set of node Merkle values
-// for each node that was inserted in the state trie since the last snapshot.
-func (t *Trie) GetInsertedMerkleValues() (merkleValues map[string]struct{}, err error) {
-	merkleValues = make(map[string]struct{})
-	err = t.getInsertedNodeHashesAtNode(t.root, merkleValues)
+// GetChangedNodeHashes returns the two sets of hashes for all nodes
+// inserted and deleted in the state trie since the last snapshot.
+// Returned maps are safe for mutation.
+func (t *Trie) GetChangedNodeHashes() (inserted, deleted map[string]struct{}, err error) {
+	inserted = make(map[string]struct{})
+	err = t.getInsertedNodeHashesAtNode(t.root, inserted)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	return merkleValues, nil
+
+	deleted = make(map[string]struct{}, len(t.deletedMerkleValues))
+	for k := range t.deletedMerkleValues {
+		deleted[k] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	return inserted, deleted, nil
 }
 
 func (t *Trie) getInsertedNodeHashesAtNode(n *Node, merkleValues map[string]struct{}) (err error) {
@@ -411,14 +418,3 @@ func (t *Trie) getInsertedNodeHashesAtNode(n *Node, merkleValues map[string]stru
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-// GetDeletedMerkleValues returns a set of all the node Merkle values for each
-// node that was deleted from the trie since the last snapshot was made.
-// The returned set is a copy of the internal set to prevent data corruption.
-func (t *Trie) GetDeletedMerkleValues() (merkleValues map[string]struct{}) {
-	merkleValues = make(map[string]struct{}, len(t.deletedMerkleValues))
-	for k := range t.deletedMerkleValues {
-		merkleValues[k] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	return merkleValues
-}