diff --git a/store/statesync_helper.go b/store/statesync_helper.go
index 277f0fbc9..b2fb8d2ca 100644
--- a/store/statesync_helper.go
+++ b/store/statesync_helper.go
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ type StateSyncHelper struct {
 	incompleteChunks map[int64][]incompleteChunkItem // node idx -> incomplete chunk items, for caching incomplete nodes temporally
 	prefixNodeDBs    []PrefixNodeDB
 
-	storeKeys []sdk.StoreKey
-
 	reloadingMtx sync.RWMutex // guard below fields to make sure no concurrent load snapshot and response snapshot, and they should be updated atomically
 
 	snapshotManager *snapshot.SnapshotManager
@@ -88,10 +86,23 @@ func NewStateSyncHelper(
 	helper.commitMS = cms
 	helper.cdc = cdc
 
-	kvStores := cms.GetCommitKVStores()
+	helper.SnapshotHeights = make(chan int64, snapshotWorkingQueueSize)
+	helper.HeightsToDelete = make(chan int64, snapshotToRemoveQueueSize)
+
+	return &helper
+}
+
+// not all key in cms is committed
+// for example the BEP9 timelock store upgrade will not commit the newly added store until upgrade height
+func (helper *StateSyncHelper) getCommitedSortedStoreKeys() []sdk.StoreKey {
+	kvStores := helper.commitMS.GetCommitKVStores()
 	names := make([]string, 0, len(kvStores))
 	nameToKey := make(map[string]sdk.StoreKey, len(kvStores))
-	for key, store := range cms.GetCommitKVStores() {
+	for key, store := range helper.commitMS.GetCommitKVStores() {
+		if !sdk.ShouldCommitStore(key.Name()) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		switch store.(type) {
 		case *IavlStore:
 			nameToKey[key.Name()] = key
@@ -101,14 +112,11 @@ func NewStateSyncHelper(
 		}
 	}
 	sort.Strings(names)
+	storeKeys := make([]sdk.StoreKey, 0, len(names))
 	for _, name := range names {
-		helper.storeKeys = append(helper.storeKeys, nameToKey[name])
+		storeKeys = append(storeKeys, nameToKey[name])
 	}
-
-	helper.SnapshotHeights = make(chan int64, snapshotWorkingQueueSize)
-	helper.HeightsToDelete = make(chan int64, snapshotToRemoveQueueSize)
-
-	return &helper
+	return storeKeys
 }
 
 // Split Init method and NewStateSyncHelper for snapshot command
@@ -129,11 +137,13 @@ func (helper *StateSyncHelper) Init(lastBreatheBlockHeight int64) {
 func (helper *StateSyncHelper) StartRecovery(manifest *abci.Manifest) error {
 	helper.logger.Info("start recovery")
 
+	storeKeys := helper.getCommitedSortedStoreKeys()
+
 	helper.manifest = manifest
-	helper.stateSyncStoreInfos = make([]StoreInfo, 0, len(helper.storeKeys))
+	helper.stateSyncStoreInfos = make([]StoreInfo, 0, len(storeKeys))
 	helper.hashesToIdx = make(map[abci.SHA256Sum]int, len(manifest.AppStateHashes))
 	helper.incompleteChunks = make(map[int64][]incompleteChunkItem, 0)
-	helper.prefixNodeDBs = make([]PrefixNodeDB, 0, len(helper.storeKeys))
+	helper.prefixNodeDBs = make([]PrefixNodeDB, 0, len(storeKeys))
 
 	idxOfChunk := 0
 	for _, h := range manifest.AppStateHashes {
@@ -141,19 +151,19 @@ func (helper *StateSyncHelper) StartRecovery(manifest *abci.Manifest) error {
 		idxOfChunk++
 	}
 
-	if len(manifest.NumKeys) != len(helper.storeKeys) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("sub store count in manifest %d does not match local %d", len(manifest.NumKeys), len(helper.storeKeys))
+	if len(manifest.NumKeys) != len(storeKeys) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("sub store count in manifest %d does not match local %d", len(manifest.NumKeys), len(storeKeys))
 	}
 
 	var startIdxForEachStore int64
 	for idx, numOfKeys := range manifest.NumKeys {
-		db := dbm.NewPrefixDB(helper.db, []byte("s/k:"+helper.storeKeys[idx].Name()+"/"))
+		db := dbm.NewPrefixDB(helper.db, []byte("s/k:"+storeKeys[idx].Name()+"/"))
 		nodeDB := iavl.NewNodeDB(db, 10000)
 		helper.prefixNodeDBs = append(helper.prefixNodeDBs,
 			PrefixNodeDB{
 				startIdxForEachStore,
 				startIdxForEachStore + numOfKeys,
-				helper.storeKeys[idx].Name(),
+				storeKeys[idx].Name(),
 				nodeDB})
 		startIdxForEachStore += numOfKeys
 	}
@@ -378,6 +388,8 @@ func (helper *StateSyncHelper) takeSnapshotImpl(height int64, retry int) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	storeKeys := helper.getCommitedSortedStoreKeys()
+
 	failed := true
 	for failed {
 		failed = false
@@ -395,11 +407,11 @@ func (helper *StateSyncHelper) takeSnapshotImpl(height int64, retry int) {
 		}
 
 		totalKeys := int64(0)
-		numKeys := make([]int64, 0, len(helper.storeKeys))
+		numKeys := make([]int64, 0, len(storeKeys))
 		currChunkNodes := make([][]byte, 0, 40000) // one account leaf node is around 100 bytes according to testnet experiment, non-leaf node should be less, 40000 should be a bit less than 4M
 		var currStartIdx int64
 		var currChunkTotalBytes int
-		for _, key := range helper.storeKeys {
+		for _, key := range storeKeys {
 			var currStoreKeys int64
 			store := helper.commitMS.GetKVStore(key)
 			// TODO: use Iterator method of store interface, no longer rely on implementation of KVStore