diff --git a/eth/api.go b/eth/api.go
index 3ec3afb81e..305b7050ba 100644
--- a/eth/api.go
+++ b/eth/api.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
@@ -351,10 +352,20 @@ type storageEntry struct {
 
 // StorageRangeAt returns the storage at the given block height and transaction index.
 func (api *PrivateDebugAPI) StorageRangeAt(ctx context.Context, blockHash common.Hash, txIndex int, contractAddress common.Address, keyStart hexutil.Bytes, maxResult int) (StorageRangeResult, error) {
-	_, _, statedb, err := api.computeTxEnv(blockHash, txIndex, 0)
+	msg, context, statedb, err := api.computeTxEnv(blockHash, txIndex, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return StorageRangeResult{}, err
 	}
+
+	// execute the tx on top of the current state
+	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(context, statedb, api.config, vm.Config{})
+	if _, _, _, err = core.ApplyMessage(vmenv, msg, new(core.GasPool).AddGas(msg.Gas())); err != nil {
+		return StorageRangeResult{}, err
+	}
+
+	// Ensure any modifications are committed to the state
+	statedb.Finalise(true)
+
 	st := statedb.StorageTrie(contractAddress)
 	if st == nil {
 		return StorageRangeResult{}, fmt.Errorf("account %x doesn't exist", contractAddress)