diff --git a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_expose.go b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_expose.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1065e460c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_expose.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package splitstore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	blocks "github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
+	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+
+	bstore "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blockstore"
+)
+
+type exposedSplitStore struct {
+	s *SplitStore
+}
+
+var _ bstore.Blockstore = (*exposedSplitStore)(nil)
+
+func (s *SplitStore) Expose() bstore.Blockstore {
+	return &exposedSplitStore{s: s}
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) DeleteBlock(_ cid.Cid) error {
+	return errors.New("DeleteBlock: operation not supported")
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) DeleteMany(_ []cid.Cid) error {
+	return errors.New("DeleteMany: operation not supported")
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) Has(c cid.Cid) (bool, error) {
+	if isIdentiyCid(c) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	has, err := es.s.hot.Has(c)
+	if has || err != nil {
+		return has, err
+	}
+
+	return es.s.cold.Has(c)
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) Get(c cid.Cid) (blocks.Block, error) {
+	if isIdentiyCid(c) {
+		data, err := decodeIdentityCid(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return blocks.NewBlockWithCid(data, c)
+	}
+
+	blk, err := es.s.hot.Get(c)
+	switch err {
+	case bstore.ErrNotFound:
+		return es.s.cold.Get(c)
+	default:
+		return blk, err
+	}
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) GetSize(c cid.Cid) (int, error) {
+	if isIdentiyCid(c) {
+		data, err := decodeIdentityCid(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		return len(data), nil
+	}
+
+	size, err := es.s.hot.GetSize(c)
+	switch err {
+	case bstore.ErrNotFound:
+		return es.s.cold.GetSize(c)
+	default:
+		return size, err
+	}
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) Put(blk blocks.Block) error {
+	return es.s.Put(blk)
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) PutMany(blks []blocks.Block) error {
+	return es.s.PutMany(blks)
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) AllKeysChan(ctx context.Context) (<-chan cid.Cid, error) {
+	return es.s.AllKeysChan(ctx)
+}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) HashOnRead(enabled bool) {}
+
+func (es *exposedSplitStore) View(c cid.Cid, f func([]byte) error) error {
+	if isIdentiyCid(c) {
+		data, err := decodeIdentityCid(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return f(data)
+	}
+
+	err := es.s.hot.View(c, f)
+	switch err {
+	case bstore.ErrNotFound:
+		return es.s.cold.View(c, f)
+
+	default:
+		return err
+	}
+}
diff --git a/node/builder.go b/node/builder.go
index 742a3e867..dc9e1f8b7 100644
--- a/node/builder.go
+++ b/node/builder.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func Repo(r repo.Repo) Option {
 				Override(new(dtypes.BasicChainBlockstore), modules.ChainSplitBlockstore),
 				Override(new(dtypes.BasicStateBlockstore), modules.StateSplitBlockstore),
 				Override(new(dtypes.BaseBlockstore), From(new(dtypes.SplitBlockstore))),
-				Override(new(dtypes.ExposedBlockstore), From(new(dtypes.SplitBlockstore))),
+				Override(new(dtypes.ExposedBlockstore), modules.ExposedSplitBlockstore),
 			),
 			If(!cfg.EnableSplitstore,
 				Override(new(dtypes.BasicChainBlockstore), modules.ChainFlatBlockstore),
diff --git a/node/modules/blockstore.go b/node/modules/blockstore.go
index 9e1293c8e..50692c9f0 100644
--- a/node/modules/blockstore.go
+++ b/node/modules/blockstore.go
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ func SplitBlockstore(cfg *config.Chainstore) func(lc fx.Lifecycle, r repo.Locked
 	}
 }
 
+func ExposedSplitBlockstore(_ fx.Lifecycle, s dtypes.SplitBlockstore) dtypes.ExposedBlockstore {
+	return s.(*splitstore.SplitStore).Expose()
+}
+
 func StateFlatBlockstore(_ fx.Lifecycle, _ helpers.MetricsCtx, bs dtypes.UniversalBlockstore) (dtypes.BasicStateBlockstore, error) {
 	return bs, nil
 }