diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts b/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
index 0215d1e70f806..795958b77766f 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function setup(vitestOrWorkspace: Vitest | WorkspaceProject, server?: Vit
           return ctx.snapshot.resolveRawPath(testPath, rawPath)
         },
         async readSnapshotFile(snapshotPath) {
-          if (!ctx.snapshot.resolvedPaths.has(snapshotPath) || !existsSync(snapshotPath))
+          if (!ctx.snapshot.resolvedPaths.has(snapshotPath))
             return null
           return fs.readFile(snapshotPath, 'utf-8')
         },
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ export function setup(vitestOrWorkspace: Vitest | WorkspaceProject, server?: Vit
           return fs.readFile(id, 'utf-8')
         },
         async saveSnapshotFile(id, content) {
-          if (!ctx.state.filesMap.has(id))
+          if (!ctx.snapshot.resolvedPaths.has(id))
             return
           await fs.mkdir(dirname(id), { recursive: true })
           return fs.writeFile(id, content, 'utf-8')
         },
         async removeSnapshotFile(id) {
-          if (!ctx.state.filesMap.has(id) || !existsSync(id))
+          if (!ctx.snapshot.resolvedPaths.has(id))
             return
           return fs.unlink(id)
         },