diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/state/vatKeeper.js b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/state/vatKeeper.js
index d307bc77e7b..91a05ce8757 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/state/vatKeeper.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/state/vatKeeper.js
@@ -677,13 +677,7 @@ export function makeVatKeeper(
       restartWorker,
     );
 
-    const {
-      hash: snapshotID,
-      uncompressedSize,
-      dbSaveSeconds,
-      compressedSize,
-      compressSeconds,
-    } = info;
+    const { hash: snapshotID } = info;
 
     // push a save-snapshot transcript entry
     addToTranscript(makeSaveSnapshotItem(snapshotID));
@@ -695,18 +689,6 @@ export function makeVatKeeper(
     // always starts with an initialize-worker or load-snapshot
     // pseudo-delivery
     addToTranscript(makeLoadSnapshotItem(snapshotID));
-
-    kernelSlog.write({
-      type: 'heap-snapshot-save',
-      vatID,
-      snapshotID,
-      uncompressedSize,
-      dbSaveSeconds,
-      compressedSize,
-      compressSeconds,
-      endPosition,
-      restartWorker,
-    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/manager-subprocess-xsnap.js b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/manager-subprocess-xsnap.js
index ff9a4bb1d50..aeb66fd19dd 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/manager-subprocess-xsnap.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/manager-subprocess-xsnap.js
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ export function makeXsSubprocessFactory({
 
     const vatKeeper = kernelKeeper.provideVatKeeper(vatID);
     const snapshotInfo = vatKeeper.getSnapshotInfo();
+    let uncompressedSizeLoaded = null;
     if (snapshotInfo) {
       kernelSlog.write({ type: 'heap-snapshot-load', vatID, ...snapshotInfo });
+      uncompressedSizeLoaded = snapshotInfo.uncompressedSize;
     }
 
     // `startXSnap` adds `nameDisplayArg` as a dummy argument so that 'ps'
@@ -240,9 +242,31 @@ export function makeXsSubprocessFactory({
     async function makeSnapshot(snapPos, snapStore, restartWorker) {
       const snapshotDescription = `${vatID}-${snapPos}`;
       const snapshotStream = worker.makeSnapshotStream(snapshotDescription);
+      const saveSnapshot = async saveStream => {
+        const results = await snapStore.saveSnapshot(
+          vatID,
+          snapPos,
+          saveStream,
+        );
+        const { hash: snapshotID, ...metrics } = results;
+        const uncompressedSizeDelta =
+          uncompressedSizeLoaded &&
+          metrics.uncompressedSize - uncompressedSizeLoaded;
+        uncompressedSizeLoaded = results.uncompressedSize;
+        kernelSlog.write({
+          type: 'heap-snapshot-save',
+          vatID,
+          snapshotID,
+          endPosition: snapPos,
+          ...metrics,
+          uncompressedSizeDelta,
+          restartWorker,
+        });
+        return results;
+      };
 
       if (!restartWorker) {
-        return snapStore.saveSnapshot(vatID, snapPos, snapshotStream);
+        return saveSnapshot(snapshotStream);
       }
 
       /** @type {AsyncGenerator<Uint8Array, void, void>[]} */
@@ -268,7 +292,7 @@ export function makeXsSubprocessFactory({
             snapshotDescription,
           },
         }),
-        snapStore.saveSnapshot(vatID, snapPos, snapStoreSaveStream),
+        saveSnapshot(snapStoreSaveStream),
       ]);
       await closeP;