diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index d8b6c7c6fb..b8bae28e0d 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -1162,10 +1162,12 @@ func finishInitializingIter(ctx context.Context, buf *iterAlloc) *Iterator {
 // their metadatas truncated to [lower, upper) and passed into visitSharedFile.
 // ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration is returned if visitSharedFile is not nil and an
 // sstable in L5 or L6 is found that is not in shared storage according to
-// provider.IsShared. Examples of when this could happen could be if Pebble
-// started writing sstables before a creator ID was set (as creator IDs are
-// necessary to enable shared storage) resulting in some lower level SSTs being
-// on non-shared storage. Skip-shared iteration is invalid in those cases.
+// provider.IsShared, or an sstable in those levels contains a newer key than the
+// snapshot sequence number (only applicable for snapshot.ScanInternal). Examples
+// of when this could happen could be if Pebble started writing sstables before a
+// creator ID was set (as creator IDs are necessary to enable shared storage)
+// resulting in some lower level SSTs being on non-shared storage. Skip-shared
+// iteration is invalid in those cases.
 func (d *DB) ScanInternal(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	lower, upper []byte,
diff --git a/scan_internal.go b/scan_internal.go
index b027f1e659..e80f996d8b 100644
--- a/scan_internal.go
+++ b/scan_internal.go
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ const (
 // ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration is returned by ScanInternal if it was called
 // with a shared file visitor function, and a file in a shareable level (i.e.
 // level >= sharedLevelsStart) was found to not be in shared storage according
-// to objstorage.Provider.
-var ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration = errors.New("pebble: cannot use skip-shared iteration due to non-shared files in lower levels")
+// to objstorage.Provider, or not shareable for another reason such as for
+// containing keys newer than the snapshot sequence number.
+var ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration = errors.New("pebble: cannot use skip-shared iteration due to non-shareable files in lower levels")
 
 // SharedSSTMeta represents an sstable on shared storage that can be ingested
 // by another pebble instance. This struct must contain all fields that are
@@ -889,6 +890,7 @@ func scanInternalImpl(
 	cmp := iter.comparer.Compare
 	db := iter.readState.db
 	provider := db.objProvider
+	seqNum := iter.seqNum
 	if visitSharedFile != nil {
 		if provider == nil {
 			panic("expected non-nil Provider in skip-shared iteration mode")
@@ -903,7 +905,10 @@ func scanInternalImpl(
 					return err
 				}
 				if !objMeta.IsShared() {
-					return errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration, "when processing file %s", objMeta.DiskFileNum)
+					return errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration, "file %s is not shared", objMeta.DiskFileNum)
+				}
+				if f.LargestSeqNum > seqNum {
+					return errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidSkipSharedIteration, "file %s contains keys newer than snapshot", objMeta.DiskFileNum)
 				}
 				var sst *SharedSSTMeta
 				var skip bool
diff --git a/testdata/scan_internal b/testdata/scan_internal
index b4a6e04b61..72bb85a468 100644
--- a/testdata/scan_internal
+++ b/testdata/scan_internal
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ scan-internal snapshot=foo
 a-c:{(#10,RANGEKEYSET,@5,boop)}
 c-e:{(#11,RANGEKEYSET,@5,beep)}
 
+# Force keys newer than the snapshot into a lower level, then try skip-shared
+# iteration through it. This should return an error as it would expose keys
+# newer than the snapshot in the shared sstable.
+
+compact a-z
+----
+6:
+  000008:[a#10,RANGEKEYSET-e#13,SET]
+
+lsm
+----
+6:
+  000008:[a#10,RANGEKEYSET-e#13,SET]
+
+scan-internal lower=a upper=z skip-shared snapshot=foo
+----
+file 000008 contains keys newer than snapshot: pebble: cannot use skip-shared iteration due to non-shareable files in lower levels
+
 # Range keys and range dels are truncated to [lower,upper).
 
 scan-internal lower=bb upper=dd