diff --git a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp
index 3dae46fb84..036a25d0a5 100644
--- a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <node/utxo_snapshot.h>
 
-#include <common/args.h>
 #include <logging.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <sync.h>
@@ -82,10 +81,10 @@ std::optional<uint256> ReadSnapshotBaseBlockhash(fs::path chaindir)
     return base_blockhash;
 }
 
-std::optional<fs::path> FindSnapshotChainstateDir()
+std::optional<fs::path> FindSnapshotChainstateDir(const fs::path& data_dir)
 {
     fs::path possible_dir =
-        gArgs.GetDataDirNet() / fs::u8path(strprintf("chainstate%s", SNAPSHOT_CHAINSTATE_SUFFIX));
+        data_dir / fs::u8path(strprintf("chainstate%s", SNAPSHOT_CHAINSTATE_SUFFIX));
 
     if (fs::exists(possible_dir)) {
         return possible_dir;
diff --git a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
index 44ddd77dc3..a6dd3f3f13 100644
--- a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
+++ b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ constexpr std::string_view SNAPSHOT_CHAINSTATE_SUFFIX = "_snapshot";
 
 
 //! Return a path to the snapshot-based chainstate dir, if one exists.
-std::optional<fs::path> FindSnapshotChainstateDir();
+std::optional<fs::path> FindSnapshotChainstateDir(const fs::path& data_dir);
 
 } // namespace node
 
diff --git a/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp b/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
index 8ca4e62e27..a09a598332 100644
--- a/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ struct SnapshotTestSetup : TestChain100Setup {
         {
             LOCK(::cs_main);
             BOOST_CHECK(!chainman.IsSnapshotValidated());
-            BOOST_CHECK(!node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir());
+            BOOST_CHECK(!node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_args.GetDataDirNet()));
         }
 
         size_t initial_size;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ struct SnapshotTestSetup : TestChain100Setup {
                 auto_infile >> coin;
         }));
 
-        BOOST_CHECK(!node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir());
+        BOOST_CHECK(!node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_args.GetDataDirNet()));
 
         BOOST_REQUIRE(!CreateAndActivateUTXOSnapshot(
             this, [](AutoFile& auto_infile, SnapshotMetadata& metadata) {
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct SnapshotTestSetup : TestChain100Setup {
         }));
 
         BOOST_REQUIRE(CreateAndActivateUTXOSnapshot(this));
-        BOOST_CHECK(fs::exists(*node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir()));
+        BOOST_CHECK(fs::exists(*node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_args.GetDataDirNet())));
 
         // Ensure our active chain is the snapshot chainstate.
         BOOST_CHECK(!chainman.ActiveChainstate().m_from_snapshot_blockhash->IsNull());
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ struct SnapshotTestSetup : TestChain100Setup {
         {
             LOCK(::cs_main);
 
-            fs::path found = *node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir();
+            fs::path found = *node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_args.GetDataDirNet());
 
             // Note: WriteSnapshotBaseBlockhash() is implicitly tested above.
             BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(chainstatemanager_snapshot_init, SnapshotTestSetup)
 
     this->SetupSnapshot();
 
-    fs::path snapshot_chainstate_dir = *node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir();
+    fs::path snapshot_chainstate_dir = *node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_args.GetDataDirNet());
     BOOST_CHECK(fs::exists(snapshot_chainstate_dir));
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(snapshot_chainstate_dir, gArgs.GetDataDirNet() / "chainstate_snapshot");
 
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(chainstatemanager_snapshot_completion, SnapshotTestSetup
     SnapshotCompletionResult res;
     auto mock_shutdown = [](bilingual_str msg) {};
 
-    fs::path snapshot_chainstate_dir = *node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir();
+    fs::path snapshot_chainstate_dir = *node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_args.GetDataDirNet());
     BOOST_CHECK(fs::exists(snapshot_chainstate_dir));
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(snapshot_chainstate_dir, gArgs.GetDataDirNet() / "chainstate_snapshot");
 
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 49c512fa54..080d426bc3 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -5107,7 +5107,7 @@ bool ChainstateManager::ActivateSnapshot(
 
         // PopulateAndValidateSnapshot can return (in error) before the leveldb datadir
         // has been created, so only attempt removal if we got that far.
-        if (auto snapshot_datadir = node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir()) {
+        if (auto snapshot_datadir = node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_options.datadir)) {
             // We have to destruct leveldb::DB in order to release the db lock, otherwise
             // DestroyDB() (in DeleteCoinsDBFromDisk()) will fail. See `leveldb::~DBImpl()`.
             // Destructing the chainstate (and so resetting the coinsviews object) does this.
@@ -5597,7 +5597,7 @@ ChainstateManager::~ChainstateManager()
 bool ChainstateManager::DetectSnapshotChainstate(CTxMemPool* mempool)
 {
     assert(!m_snapshot_chainstate);
-    std::optional<fs::path> path = node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir();
+    std::optional<fs::path> path = node::FindSnapshotChainstateDir(m_options.datadir);
     if (!path) {
         return false;
     }