diff --git a/core/block_validator.go b/core/block_validator.go
index 2bf71e298c..962fffb82a 100644
--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@@ -168,26 +168,6 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateState(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateD
 	if stateless {
 		return nil
 	}
-	resultCh := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() {
-		resultCh <- v.validateResult(block, header, res)
-	}()
-	// Validate the state root against the received state root and throw
-	// an error if they don't match.
-	var rootErr error
-	if root := statedb.IntermediateRoot(v.config.IsEIP158(header.Number)); header.Root != root {
-		rootErr = fmt.Errorf("invalid merkle root (remote: %x local: %x) dberr: %w", header.Root, root, statedb.Error())
-	}
-	if err := <-resultCh; err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return rootErr
-}
-
-// validateResult validates the derivable fields of the block header (receipt
-// root, requests hash and the block access list hash) against the provided
-// process result.
-func (v *BlockValidator) validateResult(block *types.Block, header *types.Header, res *ProcessResult) error {
 	// The receipt Trie's root (R = (Tr [[H1, R1], ... [Hn, Rn]]))
 	receiptSha := types.DeriveSha(res.Receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 	if receiptSha != header.ReceiptHash {
@@ -219,6 +199,11 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) validateResult(block *types.Block, header *types.Header
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid block access list: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+	// Validate the state root against the received state root and throw
+	// an error if they don't match.
+	if root := statedb.IntermediateRoot(v.config.IsEIP158(header.Number)); header.Root != root {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid merkle root (remote: %x local: %x) dberr: %w", header.Root, root, statedb.Error())
+	}
 	return nil
 }