diff --git a/packages/trie/src/db/checkpoint.ts b/packages/trie/src/db/checkpoint.ts
index 8112f6b274..66d10b92d9 100644
--- a/packages/trie/src/db/checkpoint.ts
+++ b/packages/trie/src/db/checkpoint.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class CheckpointDB implements DB {
   /**
    * Is the DB during a checkpoint phase?
    */
-  get isCheckpoint() {
+  hasCheckpoints() {
     return this.checkpoints.length > 0
   }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class CheckpointDB implements DB {
    */
   async commit() {
     const { keyValueMap } = this.checkpoints.pop()!
-    if (!this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (!this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       // This was the final checkpoint, we should now commit and flush everything to disk
       const batchOp: BatchDBOp[] = []
       for (const [key, value] of keyValueMap.entries()) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class CheckpointDB implements DB {
     // Nothing has been found in cache, look up from disk
 
     const value = await this.db.get(key)
-    if (this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       // Since we are a checkpoint, put this value in cache, so future `get` calls will not look the key up again from disk.
       this.checkpoints[this.checkpoints.length - 1].keyValueMap.set(key.toString('binary'), value)
     }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class CheckpointDB implements DB {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   async put(key: Buffer, val: Buffer): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       // put value in cache
       this.checkpoints[this.checkpoints.length - 1].keyValueMap.set(key.toString('binary'), val)
     } else {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class CheckpointDB implements DB {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   async del(key: Buffer): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       // delete the value in the current cache
       this.checkpoints[this.checkpoints.length - 1].keyValueMap.set(key.toString('binary'), null)
     } else {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class CheckpointDB implements DB {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   async batch(opStack: BatchDBOp[]): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       for (const op of opStack) {
         if (op.type === 'put') {
           await this.put(op.key, op.value)
diff --git a/packages/trie/src/trie/trie.ts b/packages/trie/src/trie/trie.ts
index c4f80fe0b4..b21250cf0e 100644
--- a/packages/trie/src/trie/trie.ts
+++ b/packages/trie/src/trie/trie.ts
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ export class Trie {
       useHashedKeys: this._useHashedKeys,
       useHashedKeysFunction: this._useHashedKeysFunction,
     })
-    if (includeCheckpoints && this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (includeCheckpoints && this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       trie.db.checkpoints = [...this.db.checkpoints]
     }
     return trie
@@ -803,8 +803,8 @@ export class Trie {
   /**
    * Is the trie during a checkpoint phase?
    */
-  get isCheckpoint() {
-    return this.db.isCheckpoint
+  hasCheckpoints() {
+    return this.db.hasCheckpoints()
   }
 
   /**
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ export class Trie {
    * @throws If not during a checkpoint phase
    */
   async commit(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (!this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       throw new Error('trying to commit when not checkpointed')
     }
 
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ export class Trie {
    * parent checkpoint as current.
    */
   async revert(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.isCheckpoint) {
+    if (!this.hasCheckpoints()) {
       throw new Error('trying to revert when not checkpointed')
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/trie/test/trie/checkpoint.spec.ts b/packages/trie/test/trie/checkpoint.spec.ts
index 657a3e6895..8e51290d31 100644
--- a/packages/trie/test/trie/checkpoint.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/trie/test/trie/checkpoint.spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tape('testing checkpoints', function (tester) {
 
   it('should create a checkpoint', function (t) {
     trie.checkpoint()
-    t.ok(trie.isCheckpoint)
+    t.ok(trie.hasCheckpoints())
     t.end()
   })
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tape('testing checkpoints', function (tester) {
     trieCopy = trie.copy()
     t.equal(trieCopy.root.toString('hex'), postRoot)
     t.equal(trieCopy.db.checkpoints.length, 1)
-    t.ok(trieCopy.isCheckpoint)
+    t.ok(trieCopy.hasCheckpoints())
     const res = await trieCopy.get(Buffer.from('do'))
     t.ok(Buffer.from('verb').equals(Buffer.from(res!)))
     const res2 = await trieCopy.get(Buffer.from('love'))
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ tape('testing checkpoints', function (tester) {
   })
 
   it('should revert to the orginal root', async function (t) {
-    t.ok(trie.isCheckpoint)
+    t.ok(trie.hasCheckpoints())
     await trie.revert()
     t.equal(trie.root.toString('hex'), preRoot)
-    t.notOk(trie.isCheckpoint)
+    t.notOk(trie.hasCheckpoints())
     t.end()
   })
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ tape('testing checkpoints', function (tester) {
     await trie.put(Buffer.from('test'), Buffer.from('something'))
     await trie.put(Buffer.from('love'), Buffer.from('emotion'))
     await trie.commit()
-    t.equal(trie.isCheckpoint, false)
+    t.equal(trie.hasCheckpoints(), false)
     t.equal(trie.root.toString('hex'), postRoot)
     t.end()
   })
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ tape('testing checkpoints', function (tester) {
     await trie.put(Buffer.from('the feels'), Buffer.from('emotion'))
     await trie.revert()
     await trie.commit()
-    t.equal(trie.isCheckpoint, false)
+    t.equal(trie.hasCheckpoints(), false)
     t.equal(trie.root.toString('hex'), root.toString('hex'))
     t.end()
   })