diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/disklayer.go b/core/state/snapshot/disklayer.go
index f5518a204c..76928edf07 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/disklayer.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/disklayer.go
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ func (dl *diskLayer) Stale() bool {
 	return dl.stale
 }
 
+// markStale sets the stale flag as true.
+func (dl *diskLayer) markStale() {
+	dl.lock.Lock()
+	defer dl.lock.Unlock()
+
+	dl.stale = true
+}
+
 // Account directly retrieves the account associated with a particular hash in
 // the snapshot slim data format.
 func (dl *diskLayer) Account(hash common.Hash) (*types.SlimAccount, error) {
@@ -175,3 +183,18 @@ func (dl *diskLayer) Storage(accountHash, storageHash common.Hash) ([]byte, erro
 func (dl *diskLayer) Update(blockHash common.Hash, destructs map[common.Hash]struct{}, accounts map[common.Hash][]byte, storage map[common.Hash]map[common.Hash][]byte) *diffLayer {
 	return newDiffLayer(dl, blockHash, destructs, accounts, storage)
 }
+
+// stopGeneration aborts the state snapshot generation if it is currently running.
+func (dl *diskLayer) stopGeneration() {
+	dl.lock.RLock()
+	generating := dl.genMarker != nil
+	dl.lock.RUnlock()
+	if !generating {
+		return
+	}
+	if dl.genAbort != nil {
+		abort := make(chan *generatorStats)
+		dl.genAbort <- abort
+		<-abort
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/generate.go b/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
index d81a628c91..6d9e163075 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
@@ -631,16 +631,10 @@ func generateAccounts(ctx *generatorContext, dl *diskLayer, accMarker []byte) er
 		accMarker = nil
 		return nil
 	}
-	// Always reset the initial account range as 1 whenever recover from the
-	// interruption. TODO(rjl493456442) can we remove it?
-	var accountRange = accountCheckRange
-	if len(accMarker) > 0 {
-		accountRange = 1
-	}
 	origin := common.CopyBytes(accMarker)
 	for {
 		id := trie.StateTrieID(dl.root)
-		exhausted, last, err := dl.generateRange(ctx, id, rawdb.SnapshotAccountPrefix, snapAccount, origin, accountRange, onAccount, types.FullAccountRLP)
+		exhausted, last, err := dl.generateRange(ctx, id, rawdb.SnapshotAccountPrefix, snapAccount, origin, accountCheckRange, onAccount, types.FullAccountRLP)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err // The procedure it aborted, either by external signal or internal error.
 		}
@@ -652,7 +646,6 @@ func generateAccounts(ctx *generatorContext, dl *diskLayer, accMarker []byte) er
 			ctx.removeStorageLeft()
 			break
 		}
-		accountRange = accountCheckRange
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
index 752f4359fb..d1ffb5cc2d 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -258,24 +258,11 @@ func (t *Tree) Disable() {
 	for _, layer := range t.layers {
 		switch layer := layer.(type) {
 		case *diskLayer:
-
-			layer.lock.RLock()
-			generating := layer.genMarker != nil
-			layer.lock.RUnlock()
-			if !generating {
-				// Generator is already aborted or finished
-				break
-			}
-			// If the base layer is generating, abort it
-			if layer.genAbort != nil {
-				abort := make(chan *generatorStats)
-				layer.genAbort <- abort
-				<-abort
-			}
-			// Layer should be inactive now, mark it as stale
-			layer.lock.Lock()
-			layer.stale = true
-			layer.lock.Unlock()
+			// TODO this function will hang if it's called twice. Will
+			// fix it in the following PRs.
+			layer.stopGeneration()
+			layer.markStale()
+			layer.Release()
 
 		case *diffLayer:
 			// If the layer is a simple diff, simply mark as stale
@@ -730,16 +717,11 @@ func (t *Tree) Rebuild(root common.Hash) {
 	for _, layer := range t.layers {
 		switch layer := layer.(type) {
 		case *diskLayer:
-			// If the base layer is generating, abort it and save
-			if layer.genAbort != nil {
-				abort := make(chan *generatorStats)
-				layer.genAbort <- abort
-				<-abort
-			}
-			// Layer should be inactive now, mark it as stale
-			layer.lock.Lock()
-			layer.stale = true
-			layer.lock.Unlock()
+			// TODO this function will hang if it's called twice. Will
+			// fix it in the following PRs.
+			layer.stopGeneration()
+			layer.markStale()
+			layer.Release()
 
 		case *diffLayer:
 			// If the layer is a simple diff, simply mark as stale