diff --git a/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go b/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
index 6989e480b5..92d1c2e918 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ func InitDatabaseFromFreezer(db ethdb.Database) {
 	log.Info("Initialized database from freezer", "blocks", frozen, "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
 }
 
+// adjustRangeForBor updates the range to index transactions if the ancient data was pruned before. This is
+// to avoid indexing/unindexing data which is already pruned (i.e. before the `offset` block number).
+func adjustRangeForBor(db ethdb.Database, from uint64) uint64 {
+	if offset := db.AncientOffSet(); offset > from {
+		from = offset
+	}
+
+	return from
+}
+
 type blockTxHashes struct {
 	number uint64
 	hashes []common.Hash
@@ -108,10 +118,6 @@ func iterateTransactions(db ethdb.Database, from uint64, to uint64, reverse bool
 		rlp    rlp.RawValue
 	}
 
-	if offset := db.AncientOffSet(); offset > from {
-		from = offset
-	}
-
 	if to <= from {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -206,6 +212,9 @@ func iterateTransactions(db ethdb.Database, from uint64, to uint64, reverse bool
 // There is a passed channel, the whole procedure will be interrupted if any
 // signal received.
 func indexTransactions(db ethdb.Database, from uint64, to uint64, interrupt chan struct{}, hook func(uint64) bool, report bool) {
+	// Adjust range if needed
+	from = adjustRangeForBor(db, from)
+
 	// short circuit for invalid range
 	if from >= to {
 		return
@@ -309,6 +318,9 @@ func indexTransactionsForTesting(db ethdb.Database, from uint64, to uint64, inte
 // There is a passed channel, the whole procedure will be interrupted if any
 // signal received.
 func unindexTransactions(db ethdb.Database, from uint64, to uint64, interrupt chan struct{}, hook func(uint64) bool, report bool) {
+	// Adjust range if needed
+	from = adjustRangeForBor(db, from)
+
 	// short circuit for invalid range
 	if from >= to {
 		return