diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
index 688c68215..d5a073efe 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
@@ -311,8 +311,14 @@ Status ExternalSstFileIngestionJob::GetIngestedFileInfo(
   file_to_ingest->num_entries = props->num_entries;
 
   ParsedInternalKey key;
-  std::unique_ptr<InternalIterator> iter(
-      table_reader->NewIterator(ReadOptions()));
+  ReadOptions ro;
+  // During reading the external file we can cache blocks that we read into
+  // the block cache, if we later change the global seqno of this file, we will
+  // have block in cache that will include keys with wrong seqno.
+  // We need to disable fill_cache so that we read from the file without
+  // updating the block cache.
+  ro.fill_cache = false;
+  std::unique_ptr<InternalIterator> iter(table_reader->NewIterator(ro));
 
   // Get first (smallest) key from file
   iter->SeekToFirst();
diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_test.cc b/db/external_sst_file_test.cc
index fc57eedee..89ed999a4 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_test.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_test.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace rocksdb {
 class ExternalSSTFileTest : public DBTestBase {
  public:
   ExternalSSTFileTest() : DBTestBase("/external_sst_file_test") {
-    sst_files_dir_ = test::TmpDir(env_) + "/sst_files/";
+    sst_files_dir_ = dbname_ + "/sst_files/";
     DestroyAndRecreateExternalSSTFilesDir();
   }
 
@@ -1895,6 +1895,39 @@ TEST_F(ExternalSSTFileTest, IngestionListener) {
   ASSERT_EQ(listener->ingested_files.back().table_properties.column_family_name,
             "toto");
 }
+
+TEST_F(ExternalSSTFileTest, SnapshotInconsistencyBug) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+  const int kNumKeys = 10000;
+
+  // Insert keys using normal path and take a snapshot
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeys; i++) {
+    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(i), Key(i) + "_V1"));
+  }
+  const Snapshot* snap = db_->GetSnapshot();
+
+  // Overwrite all keys using IngestExternalFile
+  std::string sst_file_path = sst_files_dir_ + "file1.sst";
+  SstFileWriter sst_file_writer(EnvOptions(), options, options.comparator);
+  ASSERT_OK(sst_file_writer.Open(sst_file_path));
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeys; i++) {
+    ASSERT_OK(sst_file_writer.Add(Key(i), Key(i) + "_V2"));
+  }
+  ASSERT_OK(sst_file_writer.Finish());
+
+  IngestExternalFileOptions ifo;
+  ifo.move_files = true;
+  ASSERT_OK(db_->IngestExternalFile({sst_file_path}, ifo));
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeys; i++) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(Get(Key(i), snap), Key(i) + "_V1");
+    ASSERT_EQ(Get(Key(i)), Key(i) + "_V2");
+  }
+
+  db_->ReleaseSnapshot(snap);
+}
+
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb