diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 18a8b6f5ff..c407600851 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -607,13 +607,19 @@ func parseDumpConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (*state.DumpConfig, eth
 			arg := ctx.Args().First()
 			if hashish(arg) {
 				hash := common.HexToHash(arg)
-				if contain := triedb.ContainDiffLayer(hash); !contain {
-					log.Crit("PBSS doesn't contain specified hash", "hash", arg)
-				}
+				// if contain := triedb.ContainDiffLayer(hash); !contain {
+				// 	log.Crit("PBSS doesn't contain specified hash", "hash", arg)
+				// }
 				if number := rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(db, hash); number != nil {
 					header = rawdb.ReadHeader(db, hash, *number)
+					if header == nil {
+						return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("block_hash %x header not found", hash)
+					}
 				} else {
-					return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("block %x not found", hash)
+					return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("block_hash %x not found", hash)
+				}
+				if contain := triedb.ContainDiffLayer(header.Root); !contain {
+					log.Crit("PBSS doesn't contain specified hash", "block_hash", arg, "mpt_root", header.Root)
 				}
 			} else {
 				number, err := strconv.ParseUint(arg, 10, 64)
@@ -621,12 +627,18 @@ func parseDumpConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (*state.DumpConfig, eth
 					return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, err
 				}
 				if hash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(db, number); hash != (common.Hash{}) {
-					if contain := triedb.ContainDiffLayer(hash); !contain {
-						log.Crit("PBSS doesn't contain specified block number", "number", number)
-					}
+					// if contain := triedb.ContainDiffLayer(hash); !contain {
+					// 	log.Crit("PBSS doesn't contain specified block number", "number", number)
+					// }
 					header = rawdb.ReadHeader(db, hash, number)
+					if header == nil {
+						return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("block_id %d header not found", number)
+					}
+					if contain := triedb.ContainDiffLayer(header.Root); !contain {
+						log.Crit("PBSS doesn't contain specified block number", "block_height", number, "mpt_root", header.Root)
+					}
 				} else {
-					return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("header for block %d not found", number)
+					return nil, nil, common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("header for block_height %d not found", number)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {