diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_snapshots.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_snapshots.go
index f0774186b7d..bed540a60f6 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_snapshots.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_snapshots.go
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ func FillDBFromSnapshots(logPrefix string, ctx context.Context, tx kv.RwTx, dirs
 			if err := blockReader.HeadersRange(ctx, func(header *types.Header) error {
 				blockNum, blockHash := header.Number.Uint64(), header.Hash()
 				td.Add(td, header.Difficulty)
-
+				// What can happen if chaindata is deleted is that maybe header.seg progress is lower or higher than
+				// body.seg progress. In this case we need to skip the header, and "normalize" the progress to keep them in sync.
+				if blockNum > blocksAvailable {
+					return nil // This can actually happen as FrozenBlocks() is SegmentIdMax() and not the last .seg
+				}
 				if err := rawdb.WriteTd(tx, blockHash, blockNum, td); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -393,6 +397,11 @@ func FillDBFromSnapshots(logPrefix string, ctx context.Context, tx kv.RwTx, dirs
 					panic(baseTxNum + txAmount) //uint-underflow
 				}
 				maxTxNum := baseTxNum + txAmount - 1
+				// What can happen if chaindata is deleted is that maybe header.seg progress is lower or higher than
+				// body.seg progress. In this case we need to skip the header, and "normalize" the progress to keep them in sync.
+				if blockNum > blocksAvailable {
+					return nil // This can actually happen as FrozenBlocks() is SegmentIdMax() and not the last .seg
+				}
 
 				if err := rawdbv3.TxNums.Append(tx, blockNum, maxTxNum); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("%w. blockNum=%d, maxTxNum=%d", err, blockNum, maxTxNum)
diff --git a/turbo/execution/eth1/forkchoice.go b/turbo/execution/eth1/forkchoice.go
index 2cfff407332..36a83b618ba 100644
--- a/turbo/execution/eth1/forkchoice.go
+++ b/turbo/execution/eth1/forkchoice.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ func (e *EthereumExecutionModule) updateForkChoice(ctx context.Context, original
 
 	if err := stages2.ProcessFrozenBlocks(ctx, e.db, e.blockReader, e.executionPipeline); err != nil {
 		sendForkchoiceErrorWithoutWaiting(outcomeCh, err)
+		e.logger.Warn("ProcessFrozenBlocks", "error", err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ func (e *EthereumExecutionModule) updateForkChoice(ctx context.Context, original
 		log.Info("[sync] limited big jump", "from", finishProgressBefore, "amount", uint64(e.syncCfg.LoopBlockLimit))
 	}
 
-	canonicalHash, err := e.blockReader.CanonicalHash(ctx, tx, fcuHeader.Number.Uint64())
+	canonicalHash, err := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(tx, fcuHeader.Number.Uint64())
 	if err != nil {
 		sendForkchoiceErrorWithoutWaiting(outcomeCh, err)
 		return
@@ -334,7 +335,6 @@ func (e *EthereumExecutionModule) updateForkChoice(ctx context.Context, original
 				return
 			}
 		}
-
 		if len(newCanonicals) > 0 {
 			if err := rawdbv3.TxNums.Truncate(tx, newCanonicals[0].number); err != nil {
 				sendForkchoiceErrorWithoutWaiting(outcomeCh, err)
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ func (e *EthereumExecutionModule) updateForkChoice(ctx context.Context, original
 		}
 	}
 	if isDomainAheadOfBlocks(tx) {
+		if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+			sendForkchoiceErrorWithoutWaiting(outcomeCh, err)
+			return
+		}
 		sendForkchoiceReceiptWithoutWaiting(outcomeCh, &execution.ForkChoiceReceipt{
 			LatestValidHash: gointerfaces.ConvertHashToH256(common.Hash{}),
 			Status:          execution.ExecutionStatus_TooFarAway,
@@ -383,6 +387,7 @@ func (e *EthereumExecutionModule) updateForkChoice(ctx context.Context, original
 	initialCycle := limitedBigJump
 	if _, err := e.executionPipeline.Run(e.db, wrap.TxContainer{Tx: tx}, initialCycle); err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("updateForkChoice: %w", err)
+		e.logger.Warn("Cannot update chain head", "hash", blockHash, "err", err)
 		sendForkchoiceErrorWithoutWaiting(outcomeCh, err)
 		return
 	}