diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index f8976bd433..d7149b23a5 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -1301,11 +1301,9 @@ func (t *Trie) tryRevive(n node, key []byte, targetPrefixKey []byte, nub MPTProo
 	}
 
 	if pos == len(targetPrefixKey) {
-
-		// TODO(0xbundler): just revive the path, it may expire or prune by old state
-		//if !isExpired {
-		//	return nil, false, NewReviveNotExpiredErr(targetPrefixKey[:pos], epoch)
-		//}
+		if !t.isExpiredNode(n, targetPrefixKey, epoch, isExpired) {
+			return nil, false, NewReviveNotExpiredErr(targetPrefixKey[:pos], epoch)
+		}
 		hn, ok := n.(hashNode)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("not match hashNode stub")
@@ -1758,3 +1756,18 @@ func (t *Trie) UpdateRootEpoch(epoch types.StateEpoch) {
 func (t *Trie) UpdateCurrentEpoch(epoch types.StateEpoch) {
 	t.currentEpoch = epoch
 }
+
+// isExpiredNode check if expired or missed, it may prune by old state snap
+func (t *Trie) isExpiredNode(n node, targetPrefixKey []byte, epoch types.StateEpoch, expired bool) bool {
+	if expired {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// check if there miss the trie node
+	_, err := t.resolve(n, targetPrefixKey, epoch)
+	if _, ok := err.(*MissingNodeError); ok {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}