diff --git a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
index 5e1c784730..b1db0c9d5a 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			storageIter := trie.NewIterator(storageIt)
 			for storageIter.Next() {
 				slots += 1
+
+				if time.Since(lastReport) > time.Second*8 {
+					log.Info("Traversing state", "accounts", accounts, "slots", slots, "codes", codes, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
+					lastReport = time.Now()
+				}
 			}
 			if storageIter.Err != nil {
 				log.Error("Failed to traverse storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", storageIter.Err)
@@ -486,6 +491,10 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 					if storageIter.Leaf() {
 						slots += 1
 					}
+					if time.Since(lastReport) > time.Second*8 {
+						log.Info("Traversing state", "nodes", nodes, "accounts", accounts, "slots", slots, "codes", codes, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
+						lastReport = time.Now()
+					}
 				}
 				if storageIter.Error() != nil {
 					log.Error("Failed to traverse storage trie", "root", acc.Root, "err", storageIter.Error())