diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 368b2828df..8d8ab00e48 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -1331,9 +1331,6 @@ func (s *StateDB) commitAndFlush(block uint64, deleteEmptyObjects bool, noStorag
 	if db := s.db.TrieDB().Disk(); db != nil && len(ret.codes) > 0 {
 		batch := db.NewBatch()
 		for _, code := range ret.codes {
-			if code.exists {
-				continue
-			}
 			rawdb.WriteCode(batch, code.hash, code.blob)
 		}
 		if err := batch.Write(); err != nil {