diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 7348fbc79e43..4bedebe8b3c3 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -649,10 +649,6 @@ func (s *StateDB) clearJournalAndRefund() {
 
 // Commit writes the state to the underlying in-memory trie database.
 func (s *StateDB) Commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (root common.Hash, err error) {
-	if s.dbErr != nil {
-		return common.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("commit aborted due to earlier error: %v", s.dbErr)
-	}
-	
 	defer s.clearJournalAndRefund()
 
 	// Commit objects to the trie.
diff --git a/core/state/statedb_test.go b/core/state/statedb_test.go
index ed364042eed5..7e7f5343c34a 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb_test.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/rawdb"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"testing/quick"
 
-	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/rawdb"
-
 	check "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
@@ -428,51 +427,3 @@ func (s *StateSuite) TestTouchDelete(c *check.C) {
 		c.Fatal("expected no dirty state object")
 	}
 }
-
-// TestMissingTrieNodes tests that if the statedb fails to load parts of the trie,
-// the Commit operation fails with an error
-// If we are missing trie nodes, we should not continue writing to the trie
-func TestMissingTrieNodes(t *testing.T) {
-
-	// Create an initial state with a few accounts
-	memDb := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	db := NewDatabase(memDb)
-	var root common.Hash
-	state, _ := New(common.Hash{}, db)
-	addr := toAddr([]byte("so"))
-	{
-		state.SetBalance(addr, big.NewInt(1))
-		state.SetCode(addr, []byte{1, 2, 3})
-		a2 := toAddr([]byte("another"))
-		state.SetBalance(a2, big.NewInt(100))
-		state.SetCode(a2, []byte{1, 2, 4})
-		root, _ = state.Commit(false)
-		t.Logf("root: %x", root)
-		// force-flush
-		state.Database().TrieDB().Cap(0)
-	}
-	// Create a new state on the old root
-	state, _ = New(root, db)
-	//state, _ = New(root, db, nil)
-	// Now we clear out the memdb
-	it := memDb.NewIterator(nil, nil)
-	for it.Next() {
-		k := it.Key()
-		// Leave the root intact
-		if !bytes.Equal(k, root[:]) {
-			t.Logf("key: %x", k)
-			memDb.Delete(k)
-		}
-	}
-	balance := state.GetBalance(addr)
-	// The removed elem should lead to it returning zero balance
-	if exp, got := uint64(0), balance.Uint64(); got != exp {
-		t.Errorf("expected %d, got %d", exp, got)
-	}
-	// Modify the state
-	state.SetBalance(addr, big.NewInt(2))
-	root, err := state.Commit(false)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expected error, got root :%x", root)
-	}
-}