diff --git a/turbo/jsonrpc/tracing.go b/turbo/jsonrpc/tracing.go
index bc3664107a5..0d6ef400337 100644
--- a/turbo/jsonrpc/tracing.go
+++ b/turbo/jsonrpc/tracing.go
@@ -84,16 +84,6 @@ func (api *PrivateDebugAPIImpl) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, blockNrOrHash rp
 	}
 	engine := api.engine()
 
-	_, blockCtx, _, ibs, _, err := transactions.ComputeTxEnv(ctx, engine, block, chainConfig, api._blockReader, tx, 0, api.historyV3(tx), false)
-	if err != nil {
-		stream.WriteNil()
-		return err
-	}
-
-	signer := types.MakeSigner(chainConfig, block.NumberU64(), block.Time())
-	rules := chainConfig.Rules(block.NumberU64(), block.Time())
-	stream.WriteArrayStart()
-
 	txns := block.Transactions()
 	var borStateSyncTxn types.Transaction
 	if *config.BorTraceEnabled {
@@ -109,6 +99,16 @@ func (api *PrivateDebugAPIImpl) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, blockNrOrHash rp
 		}
 	}
 
+	_, blockCtx, _, ibs, _, err := transactions.ComputeTxEnv(ctx, engine, block, chainConfig, api._blockReader, tx, 0, api.historyV3(tx), borStateSyncTxn != nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		stream.WriteNil()
+		return err
+	}
+
+	signer := types.MakeSigner(chainConfig, block.NumberU64(), block.Time())
+	rules := chainConfig.Rules(block.NumberU64(), block.Time())
+	stream.WriteArrayStart()
+
 	for idx, txn := range txns {
 		isBorStateSyncTxn := borStateSyncTxn == txn
 		var txnHash common.Hash
diff --git a/turbo/transactions/tracing.go b/turbo/transactions/tracing.go
index a704a77cf73..1ee638bb558 100644
--- a/turbo/transactions/tracing.go
+++ b/turbo/transactions/tracing.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func ComputeTxEnv(ctx context.Context, engine consensus.EngineReader, block *typ
 	}
 
 	if isBorStateSyncTxn && txIndex == len(block.Transactions()) {
-		// tx is a state sync transaction
+		// we can reach here if the block has 0 normal transactions but has state sync transactions
 		return nil, blockContext, evmtypes.TxContext{}, statedb, reader, nil
 	}