diff --git a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
index bd2c2443a6..fdd46d9445 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@@ -418,8 +418,7 @@ 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.ReadTrieNode(chaindb, node)
-						if len(blob) == 0 {
+						if !rawdb.HasTrieNode(chaindb, node) {
 							log.Error("Missing trie node(storage)", "hash", node)
 							return errors.New("missing storage")
 						}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go
index 6112de03ad..8f478d2597 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ func ReadCodeWithPrefix(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, hash common.Hash) []byte {
 	return data
 }
 
+// HasCodeWithPrefix checks if the contract code corresponding to the
+// provided code hash is present in the db. This function will only check
+// presence using the prefix-scheme.
+func HasCodeWithPrefix(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, hash common.Hash) bool {
+	ok, _ := db.Has(codeKey(hash))
+	return ok
+}
+
 // WriteCode writes the provided contract code database.
 func WriteCode(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, code []byte) {
 	if err := db.Put(codeKey(hash), code); err != nil {
@@ -81,6 +89,12 @@ func ReadTrieNode(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, hash common.Hash) []byte {
 	return data
 }
 
+// HasTrieNode checks if the trie node with the provided hash is present in db.
+func HasTrieNode(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, hash common.Hash) bool {
+	ok, _ := db.Has(hash.Bytes())
+	return ok
+}
+
 // WriteTrieNode writes the provided trie node database.
 func WriteTrieNode(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, node []byte) {
 	if err := db.Put(hash.Bytes(), node); err != nil {
diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
index be8644a5a4..d4e7f16766 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ func (s *Syncer) processAccountResponse(res *accountResponse) {
 	for i, account := range res.accounts {
 		// Check if the account is a contract with an unknown code
 		if !bytes.Equal(account.CodeHash, emptyCode[:]) {
-			if code := rawdb.ReadCodeWithPrefix(s.db, common.BytesToHash(account.CodeHash)); code == nil {
+			if !rawdb.HasCodeWithPrefix(s.db, common.BytesToHash(account.CodeHash)) {
 				res.task.codeTasks[common.BytesToHash(account.CodeHash)] = struct{}{}
 				res.task.needCode[i] = true
 				res.task.pend++
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ func (s *Syncer) processAccountResponse(res *accountResponse) {
 		}
 		// Check if the account is a contract with an unknown storage trie
 		if account.Root != emptyRoot {
-			if node, err := s.db.Get(account.Root[:]); err != nil || node == nil {
+			if ok, err := s.db.Has(account.Root[:]); err != nil || !ok {
 				// If there was a previous large state retrieval in progress,
 				// don't restart it from scratch. This happens if a sync cycle
 				// is interrupted and resumed later. However, *do* update the
diff --git a/trie/sync.go b/trie/sync.go
index 81d38ee3a6..7eaa35244e 100644
--- a/trie/sync.go
+++ b/trie/sync.go
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ func (s *Sync) AddSubTrie(root common.Hash, path []byte, parent common.Hash, cal
 	}
 	// If database says this is a duplicate, then at least the trie node is
 	// present, and we hold the assumption that it's NOT legacy contract code.
-	blob := rawdb.ReadTrieNode(s.database, root)
-	if len(blob) > 0 {
+	if rawdb.HasTrieNode(s.database, root) {
 		return
 	}
 	// Assemble the new sub-trie sync request
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ func (s *Sync) AddCodeEntry(hash common.Hash, path []byte, parent common.Hash) {
 	// sync is expected to run with a fresh new node. Even there
 	// exists the code with legacy format, fetch and store with
 	// new scheme anyway.
-	if blob := rawdb.ReadCodeWithPrefix(s.database, hash); len(blob) > 0 {
+	if rawdb.HasCodeWithPrefix(s.database, hash) {
 		return
 	}
 	// Assemble the new sub-trie sync request
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ func (s *Sync) children(req *request, object node) ([]*request, error) {
 			}
 			// If database says duplicate, then at least the trie node is present
 			// and we hold the assumption that it's NOT legacy contract code.
-			if blob := rawdb.ReadTrieNode(s.database, hash); len(blob) > 0 {
+			if rawdb.HasTrieNode(s.database, hash) {
 				continue
 			}
 			// Locally unknown node, schedule for retrieval