diff --git a/core/store/src/adapter/trie_store.rs b/core/store/src/adapter/trie_store.rs
index e188cddc4f1..b87345f7ce8 100644
--- a/core/store/src/adapter/trie_store.rs
+++ b/core/store/src/adapter/trie_store.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ impl<'a> TrieStoreUpdateAdapter<'a> {
         )
     }
 
+    pub fn delete_state_parts(&mut self) {
+        self.store_update.delete_all(DBCol::StateParts)
+    }
+
     pub fn delete_all_state(&mut self) {
         self.store_update.delete_all(DBCol::State)
     }
diff --git a/core/store/src/trie/state_snapshot.rs b/core/store/src/trie/state_snapshot.rs
index 0a723464e9d..15ec03c509a 100644
--- a/core/store/src/trie/state_snapshot.rs
+++ b/core/store/src/trie/state_snapshot.rs
@@ -282,6 +282,18 @@ impl ShardTries {
             }
         }
 
+        // this will delete any state snapshot parts from db. Will retry 3 times
+        for _ in 0..3 {
+            let mut store_update = self.store_update();
+            store_update.delete_state_parts();
+            match store_update.commit() {
+                Ok(_) => break,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    tracing::error!(target: "state_snapshot", ?err, "Failed to clear StatePart column in rocksdb");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         metrics::HAS_STATE_SNAPSHOT.set(0);
     }