diff --git a/server/conn_test.go b/server/conn_test.go
index 6add06c0369a8..320cc3e70a019 100644
--- a/server/conn_test.go
+++ b/server/conn_test.go
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ func (ts *ConnTestSuite) TestPrefetchPointKeys(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(txn.Valid(), IsTrue)
 	snap := txn.GetSnapshot()
-	c.Assert(tikv.SnapCacheHitCount(snap), Equals, 4)
+	c.Assert(snap.(*tikv.KVSnapshot).SnapCacheHitCount(), Equals, 4)
 	tk.MustExec("commit")
 	tk.MustQuery("select * from prefetch").Check(testkit.Rows("1 1 2", "2 2 4", "3 3 4"))
 
diff --git a/session/clustered_index_test.go b/session/clustered_index_test.go
index 9589d58426c0f..457a032f27c41 100644
--- a/session/clustered_index_test.go
+++ b/session/clustered_index_test.go
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ func (s *testClusteredSuite) TestClusteredInsertIgnoreBatchGetKeyCount(c *C) {
 	tk.MustExec("insert ignore t values ('a', 1)")
 	txn, err := tk.Se.Txn(false)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	snapSize := tikv.SnapCacheSize(txn.GetSnapshot())
+	snapSize := 0
+	if t, ok := txn.GetSnapshot().(*tikv.KVSnapshot); ok {
+		snapSize = t.SnapCacheSize()
+	}
 	c.Assert(snapSize, Equals, 1)
 	tk.MustExec("rollback")
 }
diff --git a/store/driver/txn/txn_driver.go b/store/driver/txn/txn_driver.go
index 6e227909bc495..95e3d916ac1a6 100644
--- a/store/driver/txn/txn_driver.go
+++ b/store/driver/txn/txn_driver.go
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ func (txn *tikvTxn) Commit(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return txn.extractKeyErr(err)
 }
 
+// GetSnapshot returns the Snapshot binding to this transaction.
+func (txn *tikvTxn) GetSnapshot() kv.Snapshot {
+	return txn.KVTxn.GetSnapshot()
+}
+
 func (txn *tikvTxn) extractKeyErr(err error) error {
 	if e, ok := errors.Cause(err).(*tikv.ErrKeyExist); ok {
 		return txn.extractKeyExistsErr(e.GetKey())
diff --git a/store/tikv/kv.go b/store/tikv/kv.go
index 6fe6f5c9518be..549b3211d4c53 100644
--- a/store/tikv/kv.go
+++ b/store/tikv/kv.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (s *KVStore) beginWithExactStaleness(txnScope string, prevSec uint64) (*KVT
 
 // GetSnapshot gets a snapshot that is able to read any data which data is <= ver.
 // if ts is MaxVersion or > current max committed version, we will use current version for this snapshot.
-func (s *KVStore) GetSnapshot(ts uint64) kv.Snapshot {
+func (s *KVStore) GetSnapshot(ts uint64) *KVSnapshot {
 	snapshot := newTiKVSnapshot(s, ts, s.nextReplicaReadSeed())
 	return snapshot
 }
diff --git a/store/tikv/scan.go b/store/tikv/scan.go
index b8d9a1520eab0..52b7317fcfc79 100644
--- a/store/tikv/scan.go
+++ b/store/tikv/scan.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 // Scanner support tikv scan
 type Scanner struct {
-	snapshot     *tikvSnapshot
+	snapshot     *KVSnapshot
 	batchSize    int
 	cache        []*pb.KvPair
 	idx          int
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type Scanner struct {
 	eof   bool
 }
 
-func newScanner(snapshot *tikvSnapshot, startKey []byte, endKey []byte, batchSize int, reverse bool) (*Scanner, error) {
+func newScanner(snapshot *KVSnapshot, startKey []byte, endKey []byte, batchSize int, reverse bool) (*Scanner, error) {
 	// It must be > 1. Otherwise scanner won't skipFirst.
 	if batchSize <= 1 {
 		batchSize = scanBatchSize
diff --git a/store/tikv/snapshot.go b/store/tikv/snapshot.go
index 14a7e2091a7c5..eba840db15190 100644
--- a/store/tikv/snapshot.go
+++ b/store/tikv/snapshot.go
@@ -41,18 +41,14 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-var (
-	_ kv.Snapshot = (*tikvSnapshot)(nil)
-)
-
 const (
 	scanBatchSize = 256
 	batchGetSize  = 5120
 	maxTimestamp  = math.MaxUint64
 )
 
-// tikvSnapshot implements the kv.Snapshot interface.
-type tikvSnapshot struct {
+// KVSnapshot implements the kv.Snapshot interface.
+type KVSnapshot struct {
 	store           *KVStore
 	version         uint64
 	isolationLevel  kv.IsoLevel
@@ -88,13 +84,13 @@ type tikvSnapshot struct {
 }
 
 // newTiKVSnapshot creates a snapshot of an TiKV store.
-func newTiKVSnapshot(store *KVStore, ts uint64, replicaReadSeed uint32) *tikvSnapshot {
+func newTiKVSnapshot(store *KVStore, ts uint64, replicaReadSeed uint32) *KVSnapshot {
 	// Sanity check for snapshot version.
 	if ts >= math.MaxInt64 && ts != math.MaxUint64 {
 		err := errors.Errorf("try to get snapshot with a large ts %d", ts)
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	return &tikvSnapshot{
+	return &KVSnapshot{
 		store:           store,
 		version:         ts,
 		priority:        pb.CommandPri_Normal,
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ func newTiKVSnapshot(store *KVStore, ts uint64, replicaReadSeed uint32) *tikvSna
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) setSnapshotTS(ts uint64) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) setSnapshotTS(ts uint64) {
 	// Sanity check for snapshot version.
 	if ts >= math.MaxInt64 && ts != math.MaxUint64 {
 		err := errors.Errorf("try to get snapshot with a large ts %d", ts)
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) setSnapshotTS(ts uint64) {
 
 // BatchGet gets all the keys' value from kv-server and returns a map contains key/value pairs.
 // The map will not contain nonexistent keys.
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) BatchGet(ctx context.Context, keys []kv.Key) (map[string][]byte, error) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) BatchGet(ctx context.Context, keys []kv.Key) (map[string][]byte, error) {
 	// Check the cached value first.
 	m := make(map[string][]byte)
 	s.mu.RLock()
@@ -222,7 +218,7 @@ func appendBatchKeysBySize(b []batchKeys, region RegionVerID, keys [][]byte, siz
 	return b
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) batchGetKeysByRegions(bo *Backoffer, keys [][]byte, collectF func(k, v []byte)) error {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) batchGetKeysByRegions(bo *Backoffer, keys [][]byte, collectF func(k, v []byte)) error {
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
 		metrics.TxnCmdHistogramWithBatchGet.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 	}(time.Now())
@@ -264,7 +260,7 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) batchGetKeysByRegions(bo *Backoffer, keys [][]byte, colle
 	return errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) batchGetSingleRegion(bo *Backoffer, batch batchKeys, collectF func(k, v []byte)) error {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) batchGetSingleRegion(bo *Backoffer, batch batchKeys, collectF func(k, v []byte)) error {
 	cli := NewClientHelper(s.store, s.resolvedLocks)
 	s.mu.RLock()
 	if s.mu.stats != nil {
@@ -372,7 +368,7 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) batchGetSingleRegion(bo *Backoffer, batch batchKeys, coll
 }
 
 // Get gets the value for key k from snapshot.
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) Get(ctx context.Context, k kv.Key) ([]byte, error) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) Get(ctx context.Context, k kv.Key) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
 		metrics.TxnCmdHistogramWithGet.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
@@ -396,7 +392,7 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) Get(ctx context.Context, k kv.Key) ([]byte, error) {
 	return val, nil
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) get(ctx context.Context, bo *Backoffer, k kv.Key) ([]byte, error) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) get(ctx context.Context, bo *Backoffer, k kv.Key) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Check the cached values first.
 	s.mu.RLock()
 	if s.mu.cached != nil {
@@ -523,7 +519,7 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) get(ctx context.Context, bo *Backoffer, k kv.Key) ([]byte
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) mergeExecDetail(detail *pb.ExecDetailsV2) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) mergeExecDetail(detail *pb.ExecDetailsV2) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	if detail == nil || s.mu.stats == nil {
@@ -540,20 +536,20 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) mergeExecDetail(detail *pb.ExecDetailsV2) {
 }
 
 // Iter return a list of key-value pair after `k`.
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) Iter(k kv.Key, upperBound kv.Key) (kv.Iterator, error) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) Iter(k kv.Key, upperBound kv.Key) (kv.Iterator, error) {
 	scanner, err := newScanner(s, k, upperBound, scanBatchSize, false)
 	return scanner, errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
 // IterReverse creates a reversed Iterator positioned on the first entry which key is less than k.
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) IterReverse(k kv.Key) (kv.Iterator, error) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) IterReverse(k kv.Key) (kv.Iterator, error) {
 	scanner, err := newScanner(s, nil, k, scanBatchSize, true)
 	return scanner, errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
 // SetOption sets an option with a value, when val is nil, uses the default
 // value of this option. Only ReplicaRead is supported for snapshot
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) SetOption(opt kv.Option, val interface{}) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) SetOption(opt kv.Option, val interface{}) {
 	switch opt {
 	case kv.IsolationLevel:
 		s.isolationLevel = val.(kv.IsoLevel)
@@ -594,8 +590,8 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) SetOption(opt kv.Option, val interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ClearFollowerRead disables follower read on current transaction
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) DelOption(opt kv.Option) {
+// DelOption deletes an option.
+func (s *KVSnapshot) DelOption(opt kv.Option) {
 	switch opt {
 	case kv.ReplicaRead:
 		s.mu.Lock()
@@ -608,24 +604,16 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) DelOption(opt kv.Option) {
 	}
 }
 
-// SnapCacheHitCount gets the snapshot cache hit count.
-func SnapCacheHitCount(snap kv.Snapshot) int {
-	tikvSnap, ok := snap.(*tikvSnapshot)
-	if !ok {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return int(atomic.LoadInt64(&tikvSnap.mu.hitCnt))
+// SnapCacheHitCount gets the snapshot cache hit count. Only for test.
+func (s *KVSnapshot) SnapCacheHitCount() int {
+	return int(atomic.LoadInt64(&s.mu.hitCnt))
 }
 
-// SnapCacheSize gets the snapshot cache size.
-func SnapCacheSize(snap kv.Snapshot) int {
-	tikvSnap, ok := snap.(*tikvSnapshot)
-	if !ok {
-		return 0
-	}
-	tikvSnap.mu.RLock()
-	defer tikvSnap.mu.RLock()
-	return len(tikvSnap.mu.cached)
+// SnapCacheSize gets the snapshot cache size. Only for test.
+func (s *KVSnapshot) SnapCacheSize() int {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RLock()
+	return len(s.mu.cached)
 }
 
 func extractLockFromKeyErr(keyErr *pb.KeyError) (*Lock, error) {
@@ -740,7 +728,7 @@ func prettyWriteKey(buf *bytes.Buffer, key []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) recordBackoffInfo(bo *Backoffer) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) recordBackoffInfo(bo *Backoffer) {
 	s.mu.RLock()
 	if s.mu.stats == nil || bo.totalSleep == 0 {
 		s.mu.RUnlock()
@@ -765,7 +753,7 @@ func (s *tikvSnapshot) recordBackoffInfo(bo *Backoffer) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *tikvSnapshot) mergeRegionRequestStats(stats map[tikvrpc.CmdType]*RPCRuntimeStats) {
+func (s *KVSnapshot) mergeRegionRequestStats(stats map[tikvrpc.CmdType]*RPCRuntimeStats) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	if s.mu.stats == nil {
diff --git a/store/tikv/txn.go b/store/tikv/txn.go
index 1c71663b5807c..382586cd746f9 100644
--- a/store/tikv/txn.go
+++ b/store/tikv/txn.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type SchemaAmender interface {
 
 // KVTxn contains methods to interact with a TiKV transaction.
 type KVTxn struct {
-	snapshot  *tikvSnapshot
+	snapshot  *KVSnapshot
 	us        kv.UnionStore
 	store     *KVStore // for connection to region.
 	startTS   uint64
@@ -617,6 +617,6 @@ func (txn *KVTxn) GetMemBuffer() kv.MemBuffer {
 }
 
 // GetSnapshot returns the Snapshot binding to this transaction.
-func (txn *KVTxn) GetSnapshot() kv.Snapshot {
+func (txn *KVTxn) GetSnapshot() *KVSnapshot {
 	return txn.snapshot
 }