diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 048c97529a2b1..903f9caf13ad6 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -6142,13 +6142,14 @@ bool ChainstateManager::DeleteSnapshotChainstate()
     Assert(m_snapshot_chainstate);
     Assert(m_ibd_chainstate);
 
-    fs::path snapshot_datadir = GetSnapshotCoinsDBPath(*m_snapshot_chainstate);
+    fs::path snapshot_datadir = Assert(node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_options.datadir)).value();
     if (!DeleteCoinsDBFromDisk(snapshot_datadir, /*is_snapshot=*/ true)) {
         LogPrintf("Deletion of %s failed. Please remove it manually to continue reindexing.\n",
                   fs::PathToString(snapshot_datadir));
         return false;
     }
     m_active_chainstate = m_ibd_chainstate.get();
+    m_active_chainstate->m_mempool = m_snapshot_chainstate->m_mempool;
     m_snapshot_chainstate.reset();
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py b/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py
index 3e882f47b83d0..19cbbcffdb592 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_assumeutxo.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
 ## Possible test improvements
 
-- TODO: test what happens with -reindex and -reindex-chainstate before the
-      snapshot is validated, and make sure it's deleted successfully.
-
 Interesting test cases could be loading an assumeutxo snapshot file with:
 
 - TODO: Valid hash but invalid snapshot file (bad coin height or
@@ -379,6 +376,17 @@ def check_tx_counts(final: bool) -> None:
         assert_equal(loaded['coins_loaded'], SNAPSHOT_BASE_HEIGHT)
         assert_equal(loaded['base_height'], SNAPSHOT_BASE_HEIGHT)
 
+        for reindex_arg in ['-reindex=1', '-reindex-chainstate=1']:
+            self.log.info(f"Check that restarting with {reindex_arg} will delete the snapshot chainstate")
+            self.restart_node(2, extra_args=[reindex_arg, *self.extra_args[2]])
+            assert_equal(1, len(n2.getchainstates()["chainstates"]))
+            for i in range(1, 300):
+                block = n0.getblock(n0.getblockhash(i), 0)
+                n2.submitheader(block)
+            loaded = n2.loadtxoutset(dump_output['path'])
+            assert_equal(loaded['coins_loaded'], SNAPSHOT_BASE_HEIGHT)
+            assert_equal(loaded['base_height'], SNAPSHOT_BASE_HEIGHT)
+
         normal, snapshot = n2.getchainstates()['chainstates']
         assert_equal(normal['blocks'], START_HEIGHT)
         assert_equal(normal.get('snapshot_blockhash'), None)