diff --git a/src/Proto.Persistence.SqlServer/SqlServerProvider.cs b/src/Proto.Persistence.SqlServer/SqlServerProvider.cs
index d47c70faca..e7a74610f8 100644
--- a/src/Proto.Persistence.SqlServer/SqlServerProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Proto.Persistence.SqlServer/SqlServerProvider.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ public SqlServerProvider(
         _sqlReadEvents = $@"SELECT EventIndex, EventData FROM [{_tableSchema}].[{_tableEvents}] WHERE ActorName = @ActorName AND EventIndex >= @IndexStart AND EventIndex <= @IndexEnd ORDER BY EventIndex ASC";
 
         _sqlReadSnapshot =
-            $@"SELECT TOP 1 SnapshotIndex, SnapshotData FROM [{_tableSchema}].[{_tableSnapshots}] WHERE ActorName = @ActorName ORDER BY SnapshotIndex DESC";
+            $@"SELECT SnapshotIndex, SnapshotData FROM [{_tableSchema}].[{_tableSnapshots}]
+               WHERE ActorName = @ActorName AND SnapshotIndex = (SELECT MAX(SnapshotIndex) FROM [{_tableSchema}].[{_tableSnapshots}] WHERE ActorName = @ActorName)";
 
         _sqlSaveEvents =
             $@"INSERT INTO [{_tableSchema}].[{_tableEvents}] (Id, ActorName, EventIndex, EventData) VALUES (@Id, @ActorName, @EventIndex, @EventData)";