diff --git a/src/consensus.cpp b/src/consensus.cpp
index 87818c5c..b260938a 100644
--- a/src/consensus.cpp
+++ b/src/consensus.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ namespace consensus
                     // When requesting the next seq_no, serving peer will give all the hpfs logs upto it's latest.
                     // So hash mismatch won't happen in the next round.
                     if (!ledger::ledger_sync_worker.is_last_primary_shard_syncing)
-                        sc::hpfs_log_sync::set_sync_target(lcl_id.seq_no + 1);
+                        sc::hpfs_log_sync::set_sync_target(lcl_id.seq_no + 1, hpfs::get_root_hash(majority_patch_hash, majority_state_hash));
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.cpp b/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.cpp
index 3aced203..c3695685 100644
--- a/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.cpp
+++ b/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
         }
     }
 
-    void set_sync_target(const uint64_t target)
+    void set_sync_target(const uint64_t target, const util::h32 &target_root_hash)
     {
         {
             std::scoped_lock lock(sync_ctx.target_log_seq_no_mutex);
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
                 return;
 
             sync_ctx.target_log_seq_no = target;
+            sync_ctx.target_root_hash = target_root_hash;
 
+            const int res = get_verified_min_record();
             // Finding the minimum seq_no to request hpfs logs.
-            if (get_verified_min_record() == -1)
+            if (res == -1 || res == 1)
                 return;
         }
 
@@ -97,27 +99,6 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
                 {
                     LOG_INFO << "Hpfs log sync: sync target archived: " << sync_ctx.target_log_seq_no;
                     sync_ctx.clear_target();
-
-                    // After archiving the target, update latest state and patch hash in the in memory map.
-                    util::h32 state_hash, patch_hash;
-                    const std::string session_name = "ro_hpfs_log_sync";
-
-                    if (sc::contract_fs.start_ro_session(session_name, true) != -1)
-                    {
-                        if (sc::contract_fs.get_hash(state_hash, session_name, sc::STATE_DIR_PATH) != -1)
-                            sc::contract_fs.set_parent_hash(sc::STATE_DIR_PATH, state_hash);
-                        else
-                            LOG_ERROR << "Hpfs log sync: error getting the updated state hash";
-
-                        if (sc::contract_fs.get_hash(patch_hash, session_name, sc::PATCH_FILE_PATH) != -1)
-                            sc::contract_fs.set_parent_hash(sc::STATE_DIR_PATH, state_hash);
-                        else
-                            LOG_ERROR << "Hpfs log sync: error getting the updated patch hash";
-
-                        sc::contract_fs.stop_ro_session(session_name);
-                    }
-                    else
-                        LOG_ERROR << "Hpfs log sync: error starting the hpfs ro session";
                 }
             }
 
@@ -310,9 +291,53 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
             return -1;
         }
 
-        // In sync. No need to sync.
         if (last_from_index == last_from_ledger)
-            return 1;
+        {
+            // If the last hashes of the ledger and the index are equal, check whether target root hash is equal to the updated root hash in the fs.
+            const std::string session_name = "ro_hpfs_log_sync";
+
+            util::h32 state_hash, patch_hash;
+            if (sc::contract_fs.start_ro_session(session_name, true) == -1)
+            {
+                LOG_ERROR << "Hpfs log sync: error starting the hpfs ro session";
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            if (sc::contract_fs.get_hash(state_hash, session_name, sc::STATE_DIR_PATH) == -1)
+            {
+                LOG_ERROR << "Hpfs log sync: error getting the updated state hash";
+                sc::contract_fs.stop_ro_session(session_name);
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            if (sc::contract_fs.get_hash(patch_hash, session_name, sc::PATCH_FILE_PATH) == -1)
+            {
+                LOG_ERROR << "Hpfs log sync: error getting the updated patch hash";
+                sc::contract_fs.stop_ro_session(session_name);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            sc::contract_fs.stop_ro_session(session_name);
+
+            // If target is equal to the root hash, return 1 so the node in sync, otherwise request hpfs logs from the last ledger seq number.
+            if (hpfs::get_root_hash(patch_hash, state_hash) == sync_ctx.target_root_hash)
+            {
+                // After archiving the target, update the in-memory hash tree.
+                sc::contract_fs.set_parent_hash(sc::STATE_DIR_PATH, state_hash);
+                sc::contract_fs.set_parent_hash(sc::STATE_DIR_PATH, state_hash);
+                return 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Truncate from the last ledger seq_no. There might be some additional log records after the last index update.
+                if (sc::contract_fs.truncate_log_file(last_from_ledger.seq_no) == -1)
+                {
+                    LOG_ERROR << "Error truncating hpfs log file and index file from : " << last_from_ledger.seq_no;
+                    return -1;
+                }
+                sync_ctx.min_log_record = last_from_ledger;
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
 
         if (last_from_index.seq_no == last_from_ledger.seq_no)
         {
diff --git a/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.hpp b/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.hpp
index 4940c0f3..20e97e0b 100644
--- a/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.hpp
+++ b/src/sc/hpfs_log_sync.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
     {
         // The current target log record seq no that we are syncing towards.
         uint64_t target_log_seq_no;
+        util::h32 target_root_hash;
         std::mutex target_log_seq_no_mutex;
         p2p::sequence_hash min_log_record;
         uint64_t target_requested_on = 0;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
         void clear_target()
         {
             target_log_seq_no = 0;
+            target_root_hash = util::h32_empty,
             min_log_record = {};
             target_requested_on = 0;
             request_submissions = 0;
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ namespace sc::hpfs_log_sync
 
     void deinit();
 
-    void set_sync_target(const uint64_t target);
+    void set_sync_target(const uint64_t target, const util::h32 &target_root_hash);
 
     void hpfs_log_syncer_loop();
 
diff --git a/test/bin/hpfs b/test/bin/hpfs
index 51552434..64287be6 100755
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