Germany had its own interests in signing this treaty with the Soviet Union. At that time, Germany was planning to launch a blitzkrieg against Poland. It was unwilling to break out of war with the Soviet Union prematurely and plunge itself into the dilemma of a two-front war. Therefore, it wanted to sign some kind of non-war treaty with the Soviet Union. The reason why Stalin wanted to sign the revised treaty was also very simple. This is also a choice he made out of national interest. In the 1920s and 1930s, this appeasement policy was prevalent everywhere in Europe. Britain, France and other countries were too weak in the face of a rising Germany. The Soviet Union hoped to unite Britain and France against Germany. Negotiations were also held with him, but they ended in failure. Not only that, Britain and France also wanted to divert the trouble eastward, which put great pressure on the Soviet Union.

After World War I, the Soviet Union and Germany quickly repaired their relations. In April 1926, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a neutrality pact. In the same year, the Soviet Union received its first long-term loan of 300 million marks from Germany. In 1931 and 1932, the Soviet Union and Germany signed two economic agreements. In these two years, Germany's share of Soviet imports rose to 37.2 and 46.5 respectively. Germany ranked first in imports from the Soviet Union. However, after Hitler came to power in 1933, Soviet-German relations reversed. Germany's share of Soviet imports fell rapidly from 46.5 in 1932 to 4.7 in 1938, while Britain and the United States rose to 16 and 26 respectively, replacing Germany. Based on historical and realistic political considerations, as well as the Soviet Union's need for Germany's advanced industrial equipment, Stalin had always hoped to restore Soviet-German relations.

The Soviet Union was never an ally of Nazi Germany. The signing of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact helped Stalin delay Germany's war of aggression for two years. The Soviet government used this time to strengthen the country's defense capabilities. When the Nazis launched Project Barbarossa and launched a lightning attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, the balance of "strategic victory" had already tilted towards the Soviet side.