diff --git a/internal/rsm/statemachine.go b/internal/rsm/statemachine.go
index a3539a749..9bb725590 100644
--- a/internal/rsm/statemachine.go
+++ b/internal/rsm/statemachine.go
@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ func (s *StateMachine) setLastApplied(entries []pb.Entry) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *StateMachine) savingDummySnapshot(r SSRequest) bool {
+	return s.OnDiskStateMachine() && !r.Streaming() && !r.Exported()
+}
+
 func (s *StateMachine) checkSnapshotStatus(r SSRequest) error {
 	if s.aborted {
 		return sm.ErrSnapshotStopped
@@ -771,7 +775,7 @@ func (s *StateMachine) prepare(r SSRequest) (SSMeta, error) {
 	}
 	var err error
 	var ctx interface{}
-	if s.Concurrent() {
+	if s.Concurrent() && !s.savingDummySnapshot(r) {
 		ctx, err = s.sm.Prepare()
 		if err != nil {
 			return SSMeta{}, err
diff --git a/internal/rsm/statemachine_test.go b/internal/rsm/statemachine_test.go
index d55bd9809..c051bda53 100644
--- a/internal/rsm/statemachine_test.go
+++ b/internal/rsm/statemachine_test.go
@@ -2016,11 +2016,15 @@ func TestAlreadyAppliedInOnDiskSMEntryTreatedAsNoOP(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 type testManagedStateMachine struct {
-	first        uint64
-	last         uint64
-	synced       bool
-	nalookup     bool
-	corruptIndex bool
+	first          uint64
+	last           uint64
+	synced         bool
+	nalookup       bool
+	corruptIndex   bool
+	concurrent     bool
+	onDisk         bool
+	smType         pb.StateMachineType
+	prepareInvoked bool
 }
 
 func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Open() (uint64, error) { return 10, nil }
@@ -2042,8 +2046,11 @@ func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Sync() error {
 	t.synced = true
 	return nil
 }
-func (t *testManagedStateMachine) GetHash() (uint64, error)      { return 0, nil }
-func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Prepare() (interface{}, error) { return nil, nil }
+func (t *testManagedStateMachine) GetHash() (uint64, error) { return 0, nil }
+func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Prepare() (interface{}, error) {
+	t.prepareInvoked = true
+	return nil, nil
+}
 func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Save(SSMeta,
 	io.Writer, []byte, sm.ISnapshotFileCollection) (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
@@ -2056,9 +2063,9 @@ func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Offloaded() bool                     { return
 func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Loaded()                             {}
 func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Close()                              {}
 func (t *testManagedStateMachine) DestroyedC() <-chan struct{}         { return nil }
-func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Concurrent() bool                    { return false }
-func (t *testManagedStateMachine) OnDisk() bool                        { return false }
-func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Type() pb.StateMachineType           { return 0 }
+func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Concurrent() bool                    { return t.concurrent }
+func (t *testManagedStateMachine) OnDisk() bool                        { return t.onDisk }
+func (t *testManagedStateMachine) Type() pb.StateMachineType           { return t.smType }
 func (t *testManagedStateMachine) BatchedUpdate(ents []sm.Entry) ([]sm.Entry, error) {
 	if !t.corruptIndex {
 		t.first = ents[0].Index
@@ -2068,7 +2075,6 @@ func (t *testManagedStateMachine) BatchedUpdate(ents []sm.Entry) ([]sm.Entry, er
 			ents[idx].Index = ents[idx].Index + 1
 		}
 	}
-
 	return ents, nil
 }
 
@@ -2411,3 +2417,98 @@ func TestSetLastApplied(t *testing.T) {
 		}()
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSavingDummySnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		smType    pb.StateMachineType
+		streaming bool
+		export    bool
+		result    bool
+	}{
+		{pb.RegularStateMachine, true, false, false},
+		{pb.RegularStateMachine, false, true, false},
+		{pb.RegularStateMachine, false, false, false},
+		{pb.ConcurrentStateMachine, true, false, false},
+		{pb.ConcurrentStateMachine, false, true, false},
+		{pb.ConcurrentStateMachine, false, false, false},
+		{pb.OnDiskStateMachine, true, false, false},
+		{pb.OnDiskStateMachine, false, true, false},
+		{pb.OnDiskStateMachine, false, false, true},
+	}
+	for idx, tt := range tests {
+		sm := StateMachine{
+			onDiskSM: tt.smType == pb.OnDiskStateMachine,
+		}
+		var rt SSReqType
+		if tt.export && tt.streaming {
+			panic("bad test input")
+		}
+		if tt.export {
+			rt = Exported
+		} else if tt.streaming {
+			rt = Streaming
+		}
+		if r := sm.savingDummySnapshot(SSRequest{Type: rt}); r != tt.result {
+			t.Errorf("%d, got %t, want %t", idx, r, tt.result)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrepareIsNotCalledWhenSavingDummySnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		onDiskSM       bool
+		streaming      bool
+		export         bool
+		prepareInvoked bool
+	}{
+		{true, false, false, false},
+		{true, true, false, true},
+		{true, false, true, true},
+		{false, false, false, true},
+		{false, false, true, true},
+	}
+
+	for idx, tt := range tests {
+		msm := &testManagedStateMachine{
+			concurrent: true,
+			onDisk:     tt.onDiskSM,
+			smType:     pb.ConcurrentStateMachine,
+		}
+		if tt.onDiskSM {
+			msm.smType = pb.OnDiskStateMachine
+		}
+		m := &membership{
+			members: &pb.Membership{
+				Addresses: map[uint64]string{1: "localhost:1234"},
+			},
+		}
+		sm := StateMachine{
+			index:    100,
+			onDiskSM: tt.onDiskSM,
+			sm:       msm,
+			members:  m,
+			node:     &testNodeProxy{},
+			sessions: NewSessionManager(),
+		}
+		var rt SSReqType
+		if tt.export && tt.streaming {
+			panic("bad test input")
+		}
+		if tt.export {
+			rt = Exported
+		} else if tt.streaming {
+			rt = Streaming
+		}
+		meta, err := sm.prepare(SSRequest{Type: rt})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("prepare failed, %v", err)
+		}
+		if meta.Index != 100 {
+			t.Errorf("failed to get the snapshot metadata")
+		}
+		if msm.prepareInvoked != tt.prepareInvoked {
+			t.Errorf("%d, prepareInvoked got %t, want %t",
+				idx, msm.prepareInvoked, tt.prepareInvoked)
+		}
+	}
+}