diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index fffa65fd6a..0870ff8818 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -920,6 +920,26 @@ func opSelfdestruct6780(pc *uint64, evm *EVM, scope *ScopeContext) ([]byte, erro
 	return nil, errStopToken
 }
 
+func opLog0(pc *uint64, evm *EVM, scope *ScopeContext) ([]byte, error) {
+	if evm.readOnly {
+		return nil, ErrWriteProtection
+	}
+	stack := scope.Stack
+	mStart, mSize := stack.pop(), stack.pop()
+
+	d := scope.Memory.GetCopy(mStart.Uint64(), mSize.Uint64())
+	evm.StateDB.AddLog(&types.Log{
+		Address: scope.Contract.Address(),
+		Topics:  nil,
+		Data:    d,
+		// This is a non-consensus field, but assigned here because
+		// core/state doesn't know the current block number.
+		BlockNumber: evm.Context.BlockNumber.Uint64(),
+	})
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 // following functions are used by the instruction jump  table
 
 // make log instruction function
diff --git a/core/vm/instructions_test.go b/core/vm/instructions_test.go
index cd31829a7e..f24d90e4fb 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions_test.go
@@ -559,6 +559,29 @@ func BenchmarkOpMstore(bench *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkOpLog0(bench *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		statedb, _ = state.New(types.EmptyRootHash, state.NewDatabaseForTesting())
+		evm        = NewEVM(BlockContext{BlockNumber: big1}, statedb, params.TestChainConfig, Config{})
+		stack      = newstack()
+		mem        = NewMemory()
+		caller     = common.Address{}
+		to         = common.Address{1}
+		contract   = NewContract(caller, to, new(uint256.Int), 0, nil)
+	)
+	mem.Resize(64)
+	pc := uint64(0)
+	memStart := new(uint256.Int)
+	size := new(uint256.Int).SetUint64(64)
+
+	bench.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < bench.N; i++ {
+		stack.push(size)
+		stack.push(memStart)
+		_, _ = opLog0(&pc, evm, &ScopeContext{mem, stack, contract})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOpTstore(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		statedb, _   = state.New(types.EmptyRootHash, state.NewDatabaseForTesting())
diff --git a/core/vm/jump_table.go b/core/vm/jump_table.go
index d7a4d9da1d..1282e7a4a9 100644
--- a/core/vm/jump_table.go
+++ b/core/vm/jump_table.go
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ func newFrontierInstructionSet() JumpTable {
 			maxStack:    maxSwapStack(17),
 		},
 		LOG0: {
-			execute:    makeLog(0),
+			execute:    opLog0,
 			dynamicGas: makeGasLog(0),
 			minStack:   minStack(2, 0),
 			maxStack:   maxStack(2, 0),