diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 3365fc6fa0..28a57700c6 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -745,27 +745,13 @@ func (db *DB) recover(ctx context.Context, wal WAL) error {
 		}
 		switch e := record.Entry.EntryType.(type) {
 		case *walpb.Entry_TableBlockPersisted_:
-			persistedTables[e.TableBlockPersisted.TableName] = e.TableBlockPersisted.NextTx
-			if e.TableBlockPersisted.NextTx > snapshotTx {
-				// The loaded snapshot has data in a table that has been
-				// persisted. Delete all data in this table, since it has
-				// already been persisted.
-				db.mtx.Lock()
-				if table, ok := db.tables[e.TableBlockPersisted.TableName]; ok {
-					table.ActiveBlock().index, err = index.NewLSM(
-						filepath.Join(table.db.indexDir(), table.name, table.ActiveBlock().ulid.String()), // Any index files are found at <db.indexDir>/<table.name>/<block.id>
-						table.schema,
-						table.IndexConfig(),
-						db.HighWatermark,
-						index.LSMWithMetrics(table.metrics.indexMetrics),
-						index.LSMWithLogger(table.logger),
-					)
-					if err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("create new lsm index: %w", err)
-					}
-				}
-				db.mtx.Unlock()
+			var id ulid.ULID
+			if err := id.UnmarshalBinary(e.TableBlockPersisted.BlockId); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
+			persistedTables[e.TableBlockPersisted.TableName] = e.TableBlockPersisted.NextTx
+			// The loaded snapshot might have persisted data, this is handled in
+			// the replay loop below.
 			return nil
 		default:
 			return nil
@@ -802,7 +788,8 @@ func (db *DB) recover(ctx context.Context, wal WAL) error {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if nextNonPersistedTxn, ok := persistedTables[entry.TableName]; ok && tx <= nextNonPersistedTxn {
+			nextNonPersistedTxn, wasPersisted := persistedTables[entry.TableName]
+			if wasPersisted && tx < nextNonPersistedTxn {
 				// This block has already been successfully persisted, so we can
 				// skip it. Note that if this new table block is the active
 				// block after persistence tx == nextNonPersistedTxn.
@@ -849,15 +836,20 @@ func (db *DB) recover(ctx context.Context, wal WAL) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("get table: %w", err)
 			}
 
-			// If we get to this point it means a block was finished but did
-			// not get persisted.
 			level.Info(db.logger).Log(
 				"msg", "writing unfinished block in recovery",
 				"table", tableName,
 				"tx", tx,
 			)
-			table.pendingBlocks[table.active] = struct{}{}
-			go table.writeBlock(table.active, tx, db.columnStore.manualBlockRotation, false)
+			if snapshotTx == 0 || tx != nextNonPersistedTxn {
+				// If we get to this point it means a block was finished but did
+				// not get persisted. If a snapshot was loaded, then the table
+				// already exists but the active block is outdated. If
+				// tx == nextNonPersistedTxn, we should not persist the active
+				// block, but just create a new block.
+				table.pendingBlocks[table.active] = struct{}{}
+				go table.writeBlock(table.active, tx, db.columnStore.manualBlockRotation, false)
+			}
 
 			protoEqual := false
 			switch schema.(type) {