diff --git a/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/arithmetic/ArithmeticStateMachine.java b/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/arithmetic/ArithmeticStateMachine.java
index e8b142f5dc..c4adff5987 100644
--- a/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/arithmetic/ArithmeticStateMachine.java
+++ b/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/arithmetic/ArithmeticStateMachine.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public void initialize(RaftServer server, RaftGroupId groupId,
   @Override
   public void reinitialize() throws IOException {
     close();
-    loadSnapshot(storage.getLatestSnapshot());
+    loadSnapshot(storage.loadLatestSnapshot());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/counter/server/CounterStateMachine.java b/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/counter/server/CounterStateMachine.java
index 47880af553..a65582ea00 100644
--- a/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/counter/server/CounterStateMachine.java
+++ b/ratis-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/examples/counter/server/CounterStateMachine.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public void initialize(RaftServer server, RaftGroupId groupId, RaftStorage raftS
    */
   @Override
   public void reinitialize() throws IOException {
-    load(storage.getLatestSnapshot());
+    load(storage.loadLatestSnapshot());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/statemachine/impl/SimpleStateMachineStorage.java b/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/statemachine/impl/SimpleStateMachineStorage.java
index 88cc57dab5..7e8afbaa85 100644
--- a/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/statemachine/impl/SimpleStateMachineStorage.java
+++ b/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/statemachine/impl/SimpleStateMachineStorage.java
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ public SingleFileSnapshotInfo getLatestSnapshot() {
     if (s != null) {
       return s;
     }
+    return loadLatestSnapshot();
+  }
+
+  public SingleFileSnapshotInfo loadLatestSnapshot() {
     final File dir = stateMachineDir;
     if (dir == null) {
       return null;