From 0d6ed6891044d2cb361c1bf14daf9eea51eb972a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Wasinger <j-wasinger@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:05:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] core/vm: don't call SetCode on target of contract creation if
 initcode didn't return anything.

---
 core/vm/evm.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/vm/evm.go b/core/vm/evm.go
index 88ef1cf121..8975c791c8 100644
--- a/core/vm/evm.go
+++ b/core/vm/evm.go
@@ -601,7 +601,9 @@ func (evm *EVM) initNewContract(contract *Contract, address common.Address) ([]b
 		}
 	}
 
-	evm.StateDB.SetCode(address, ret, tracing.CodeChangeContractCreation)
+	if len(ret) > 0 {
+		evm.StateDB.SetCode(address, ret, tracing.CodeChangeContractCreation)
+	}
 	return ret, nil
 }