From 2767f16b69167317d6638cba0f528577b752d584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darioush Jalali <darioush.jalali@avalabs.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:16:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] internal/ethapi: use block GasLimit if gas is nil in
 DoEstimateGas

---
 internal/ethapi/api.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index f965c91375..79c0beccb2 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -1182,6 +1182,12 @@ func DoEstimateGas(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args TransactionArgs, blockNr
 		State:      state,
 		ErrorRatio: estimateGasErrorRatio,
 	}
+
+	// If the user has not specified a gas limit, use the block gas limit
+	if args.Gas == nil {
+		args.Gas = new(hexutil.Uint64)
+		*args.Gas = hexutil.Uint64(header.GasLimit)
+	}
 	if err := args.CallDefaults(gasCap, header.BaseFee, b.ChainConfig().ChainID); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}