diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go
index f7b8bf07f30..b95048d2064 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ func (s *RoSnapshots) closeWhatNotInList(l []string) {
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *RoSnapshots) removeOverlaps() error {
+func (s *RoSnapshots) removeOverlapsAfterMerge() error {
 	s.lockSegments()
 	defer s.unlockSegments()
 
@@ -1323,8 +1323,6 @@ func (br *BlockRetire) retireBlocks(ctx context.Context, minBlockNum uint64, max
 			return ok, fmt.Errorf("DumpBlocks: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		snapshots.removeOverlaps()
-
 		if err := snapshots.ReopenFolder(); err != nil {
 			return ok, fmt.Errorf("reopen: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -1360,6 +1358,10 @@ func (br *BlockRetire) retireBlocks(ctx context.Context, minBlockNum uint64, max
 		return ok, err
 	}
 
+	// remove old garbage files
+	if err := snapshots.removeOverlapsAfterMerge(); err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
 	return ok, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots_test.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots_test.go
index f795f6f2597..d07e3ea2d2c 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots_test.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots_test.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestRemoveOverlaps(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(err)
 	require.Equal(45, len(list))
 
-	s.removeOverlaps()
+	s.removeOverlapsAfterMerge()
 
 	list, err = snaptype.Segments(s.dir)
 	require.NoError(err)