diff --git a/lib/classes/event/base.php b/lib/classes/event/base.php
index 6a73c1637bd00..d523309795d94 100644
--- a/lib/classes/event/base.php
+++ b/lib/classes/event/base.php
@@ -534,10 +534,16 @@ public function add_record_snapshot($tablename, $record) {
      * @param string $tablename
      * @param int $id
      * @return \stdClass
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception if used after ::restore()
      */
     public function get_record_snapshot($tablename, $id) {
         global $DB;
 
+        if ($this->restored) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('It is not possible to get snapshots from restored events');
+        }
+
         if (isset($this->recordsnapshots[$tablename][$id])) {
             return $this->recordsnapshots[$tablename][$id];
         }
diff --git a/lib/tests/event_test.php b/lib/tests/event_test.php
index 3c69163161efe..9f7a94f1cee9d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/event_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/event_test.php
@@ -648,6 +648,14 @@ public function test_record_snapshots() {
         } catch (\moodle_exception $e) {
             $this->assertInstanceOf('\coding_exception', $e);
         }
+
+        $event2 = \core_tests\event\unittest_executed::restore($event->get_data(), array());
+        try {
+            $event2->get_record_snapshot('course', 1, $course1);
+            $this->fail('Reading of snapshots from restored events is not ok');;
+        } catch (\moodle_exception $e) {
+            $this->assertInstanceOf('\coding_exception', $e);
+        }
     }
 
     public function test_iteration() {