diff --git a/eth/state_accessor.go b/eth/state_accessor.go
index dbdc8cb22d..b8f63563a9 100644
--- a/eth/state_accessor.go
+++ b/eth/state_accessor.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (eth *Ethereum) stateAtTransaction(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block,
 // apply the upgrades to the [parent] state before returning it.
 func (eth *Ethereum) StateAtNextBlock(ctx context.Context, parent *types.Block, nextBlock *types.Block, reexec uint64, base *state.StateDB, readOnly bool, preferDisk bool) (*state.StateDB, tracers.StateReleaseFunc, error) {
 	// Get state for [parent]
-	statedb, release, err := eth.StateAtBlock(ctx, parent, reexec, nil, true, false)
+	statedb, release, err := eth.StateAtBlock(ctx, parent, reexec, base, readOnly, preferDisk)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api_test.go b/eth/tracers/api_test.go
index 593cdfabd4..52a705c564 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api_test.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (b *testBackend) StateAtBlock(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, reex
 }
 
 func (b *testBackend) StateAtNextBlock(ctx context.Context, parent, nextBlock *types.Block, reexec uint64, base *state.StateDB, readOnly bool, preferDisk bool) (*state.StateDB, StateReleaseFunc, error) {
-	statedb, release, err := b.StateAtBlock(ctx, parent, reexec, nil, true, false)
+	statedb, release, err := b.StateAtBlock(ctx, parent, reexec, base, readOnly, preferDisk)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}