diff --git a/core/state/managed_state.go b/core/state/managed_state.go
index f8e2f2b876..6a1514508e 100644
--- a/core/state/managed_state.go
+++ b/core/state/managed_state.go
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@ func (ms *ManagedState) NewNonce(addr common.Address) uint64 {
 	return uint64(len(account.nonces)-1) + account.nstart
 }
 
+// GetNextNonce returns the canonical nonce for the managed or unmanaged account and increments it by one
+func (ms *ManagedState) GetNextNonce(addr common.Address) uint64 {
+	ms.mu.Lock()
+	defer ms.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var nonce uint64
+
+	if ms.hasAccount(addr) {
+		account := ms.getAccount(addr)
+		nonce = uint64(len(account.nonces)) + account.nstart
+	} else {
+		nonce = ms.StateDB.GetNonce(addr)
+	}
+	ms.StateDB.SetNonce(addr, nonce+1)
+	return nonce
+}
+
 // GetNonce returns the canonical nonce for the managed or unmanaged account
 func (ms *ManagedState) GetNonce(addr common.Address) uint64 {
 	ms.mu.RLock()
diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 769c63d42d..84a37e9833 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -229,8 +229,10 @@ func (self *StateObject) SetCode(code []byte) {
 }
 
 func (self *StateObject) SetNonce(nonce uint64) {
-	self.nonce = nonce
-	self.dirty = true
+	if nonce > self.nonce {
+		self.nonce = nonce
+		self.dirty = true
+	}
 }
 
 func (self *StateObject) Nonce() uint64 {
diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index efcdb33619..bab6f4e7ae 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -136,10 +136,7 @@ func (b *EthApiBackend) GetPoolTransaction(txHash common.Hash) *types.Transactio
 }
 
 func (b *EthApiBackend) GetPoolNonce(ctx context.Context, addr common.Address) (uint64, error) {
-	b.eth.txMu.Lock()
-	defer b.eth.txMu.Unlock()
-
-	return b.eth.txPool.State().GetNonce(addr), nil
+	return b.eth.txPool.State().GetNextNonce(addr), nil
 }
 
 func (b *EthApiBackend) Stats() (pending int, queued int) {