diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index b1103cb17248fe..71f215fa01dc9e 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -7436,6 +7436,11 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         self.accounts_hashes.lock().unwrap().get(&slot).cloned()
     }
 
+    /// Get all accounts hashes
+    pub fn get_accounts_hashes(&self) -> HashMap<Slot, (AccountsHash, /*capitalization*/ u64)> {
+        self.accounts_hashes.lock().unwrap().clone()
+    }
+
     /// Set the incremental accounts hash for `slot`
     ///
     /// returns the previous incremental accounts hash for `slot`
@@ -7472,6 +7477,13 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             .cloned()
     }
 
+    /// Get all incremental accounts hashes
+    pub fn get_incremental_accounts_hashes(
+        &self,
+    ) -> HashMap<Slot, (IncrementalAccountsHash, /*capitalization*/ u64)> {
+        self.incremental_accounts_hashes.lock().unwrap().clone()
+    }
+
     /// Purge accounts hashes that are older than `last_full_snapshot_slot`
     ///
     /// Should only be called by AccountsHashVerifier, since it consumes the accounts hashes and
diff --git a/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs b/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs
index d34bf9837887da..39849253f94527 100644
--- a/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs
+++ b/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs
@@ -321,11 +321,26 @@ impl AccountsHashVerifier {
                 else {
                     panic!("Calculating incremental accounts hash requires a base slot");
                 };
-                let (base_accounts_hash, base_capitalization) = accounts_package
-                    .accounts
-                    .accounts_db
-                    .get_accounts_hash(base_slot)
-                    .expect("incremental snapshot requires accounts hash and capitalization from the full snapshot it is based on");
+                let accounts_db = &accounts_package.accounts.accounts_db;
+                let Some((base_accounts_hash, base_capitalization)) =
+                    accounts_db.get_accounts_hash(base_slot)
+                else {
+                    panic!(
+                        "incremental snapshot requires accounts hash and capitalization \
+                         from the full snapshot it is based on \n\
+                         package: {accounts_package:?} \n\
+                         accounts hashes: {:?} \n\
+                         incremental accounts hashes: {:?} \n\
+                         full snapshot archives: {:?} \n\
+                         bank snapshots: {:?}",
+                        accounts_db.get_accounts_hashes(),
+                        accounts_db.get_incremental_accounts_hashes(),
+                        snapshot_utils::get_full_snapshot_archives(
+                            &snapshot_config.full_snapshot_archives_dir,
+                        ),
+                        snapshot_utils::get_bank_snapshots(&snapshot_config.bank_snapshots_dir),
+                    );
+                };
                 let (incremental_accounts_hash, incremental_capitalization) =
                     Self::_calculate_incremental_accounts_hash(accounts_package, base_slot);
                 let bank_incremental_snapshot_persistence = BankIncrementalSnapshotPersistence {