diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/service_test.go b/pkg/snapshot/service_test.go
index f1263fe..7fdfda3 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/service_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ func TestCreateSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 		pub.EXPECT().PrepareTxForBatch(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(tx, nil).
 			AnyTimes()
 		pub.EXPECT().PublishStateNode(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
-			Times(len(fixt.Block1_StateNodePaths))
+			// Use MinTimes as duplicate nodes are expected at boundaries
+			MinTimes(len(fixt.Block1_StateNodePaths))
 
 		// TODO: fixtures for storage node
 		// pub.EXPECT().PublishStorageNode(gomock.Eq(fixt.StorageNode), gomock.Eq(int64(0)), gomock.Any())
diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/tracker.go b/pkg/snapshot/tracker.go
index 1e5fbdf..8ca9b34 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/tracker.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/tracker.go
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ func (tr *iteratorTracker) restore(tree state.Trie) ([]trie.NodeIterator, error)
 			}
 		}
 
-		it := iter.NewPrefixBoundIterator(tree, paths[0], paths[1])
+		// Force the lower bound path to an even length
+		if len(paths[0])&0b1 == 1 {
+			paths[0] = append(paths[0], 0)
+		}
+		it := iter.NewPrefixBoundIterator(tree.NodeIterator(iter.HexToKeyBytes(paths[0])), paths[1])
 		ret = append(ret, tr.tracked(it))
 	}
 	return ret, nil