diff --git a/crates/blockchain-tree/src/chain.rs b/crates/blockchain-tree/src/chain.rs
index e720b35df6..b070fd2aaf 100644
--- a/crates/blockchain-tree/src/chain.rs
+++ b/crates/blockchain-tree/src/chain.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use reth_execution_types::{Chain, ExecutionOutcome};
 use reth_primitives::{ForkBlock, GotExpected, SealedBlockWithSenders, SealedHeader};
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::{BundleStateProvider, ConsistentDbView, ProviderNodeTypes},
-    FullExecutionDataProvider, ProviderError, StateRootProvider,
+    FullExecutionDataProvider, ProviderError, StateRootProvider, TryIntoHistoricalStateProvider,
 };
 use reth_revm::database::StateProviderDatabase;
 use reth_trie::{updates::TrieUpdates, HashedPostState};
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ impl AppendableChain {
             // State root calculation can take a while, and we're sure no write transaction
             // will be open in parallel. See https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/7509.
             .disable_long_read_transaction_safety()
-            .state_provider_by_block_number(canonical_fork.number)?;
+            .try_into_history_at_block(canonical_fork.number)?;
 
         let provider = BundleStateProvider::new(state_provider, bundle_state_data_provider);
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs
index 2c79134ca9..df29d809c0 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{
 };
 use reth_prune_types::{PruneCheckpoint, PruneModes, PruneSegment};
 use reth_stages_types::{StageCheckpoint, StageId};
+use reth_storage_api::TryIntoHistoricalStateProvider;
 use reth_storage_errors::provider::ProviderResult;
 use revm::primitives::{BlockEnv, CfgEnvWithHandlerCfg};
 use std::{
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ impl<N: ProviderNodeTypes> ProviderFactory<N> {
         &self,
         block_number: BlockNumber,
     ) -> ProviderResult<StateProviderBox> {
-        let state_provider = self.provider()?.state_provider_by_block_number(block_number)?;
+        let state_provider = self.provider()?.try_into_history_at_block(block_number)?;
         trace!(target: "providers::db", ?block_number, "Returning historical state provider for block number");
         Ok(state_provider)
     }
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ impl<N: ProviderNodeTypes> ProviderFactory<N> {
             .block_number(block_hash)?
             .ok_or(ProviderError::BlockHashNotFound(block_hash))?;
 
-        let state_provider = self.provider()?.state_provider_by_block_number(block_number)?;
+        let state_provider = self.provider()?.try_into_history_at_block(block_number)?;
         trace!(target: "providers::db", ?block_number, %block_hash, "Returning historical state provider for block hash");
         Ok(state_provider)
     }
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
index fa608d2c1e..c2bf4cdf78 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{
 };
 use reth_prune_types::{PruneCheckpoint, PruneLimiter, PruneModes, PruneSegment};
 use reth_stages_types::{StageCheckpoint, StageId};
+use reth_storage_api::TryIntoHistoricalStateProvider;
 use reth_storage_errors::provider::{ProviderResult, RootMismatch};
 use reth_trie::{
     prefix_set::{PrefixSet, PrefixSetMut, TriePrefixSets},
@@ -141,9 +142,8 @@ impl<TX: DbTxMut> DatabaseProvider<TX> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<TX: DbTx + 'static> DatabaseProvider<TX> {
-    /// Storage provider for state at that given block
-    pub fn state_provider_by_block_number(
+impl<TX: DbTx + 'static> TryIntoHistoricalStateProvider for DatabaseProvider<TX> {
+    fn try_into_history_at_block(
         self,
         mut block_number: BlockNumber,
     ) -> ProviderResult<StateProviderBox> {
diff --git a/crates/storage/storage-api/src/state.rs b/crates/storage/storage-api/src/state.rs
index f1fc640e36..bd487ce0d7 100644
--- a/crates/storage/storage-api/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/storage-api/src/state.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ pub trait StateProvider:
     }
 }
 
+/// Trait implemented for database providers that can be converted into a historical state provider.
+pub trait TryIntoHistoricalStateProvider {
+    /// Returns a historical [`StateProvider`] indexed by the given historic block number.
+    fn try_into_history_at_block(
+        self,
+        block_number: BlockNumber,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<StateProviderBox>;
+}
+
 /// Light wrapper that returns `StateProvider` implementations that correspond to the given
 /// `BlockNumber`, the latest state, or the pending state.
 ///