diff --git a/crates/loro-internal/src/loro.rs b/crates/loro-internal/src/loro.rs
index b16d7906d..2a55cce14 100644
--- a/crates/loro-internal/src/loro.rs
+++ b/crates/loro-internal/src/loro.rs
@@ -1325,8 +1325,7 @@ impl LoroDoc {
         }
 
         let frontiers = if to_shrink_frontiers {
-            shrink_frontiers(frontiers, &oplog.dag)
-                .map_err(|_| LoroError::SwitchToVersionBeforeShallowRoot)?
+            shrink_frontiers(frontiers, &oplog.dag).map_err(LoroError::FrontiersNotFound)?
         } else {
             frontiers.clone()
         };
diff --git a/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs b/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs
index e578ae6c2..819212d32 100644
--- a/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs
+++ b/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs
@@ -3358,3 +3358,16 @@ fn test_from_shallow_snapshot() {
         .insert("text".into(), LoroValue::String("Hello".into()));
     assert_eq!(new_doc.get_deep_value(), LoroValue::Map(expected));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_checkout_to_unknown_version() {
+    let doc = LoroDoc::new();
+    doc.set_peer_id(1).unwrap();
+    doc.get_text("text").insert(0, "Hello").unwrap();
+    let result = doc.checkout(&Frontiers::from([ID::new(2, 2), ID::new(1, 1)]));
+    assert!(result.is_err());
+    assert!(matches!(
+        result.err().unwrap(),
+        LoroError::FrontiersNotFound(..)
+    ));
+}