diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index 5dcf90b770..73173b9039 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package vm
 
 import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/core/types"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/params"
@@ -525,6 +527,9 @@ func opSstore(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]
 }
 
 func opJump(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]byte, error) {
+	if atomic.LoadInt32(&interpreter.evm.abort) != 0 {
+		return nil, errStopToken
+	}
 	pos := callContext.stack.pop()
 	if !callContext.contract.validJumpdest(&pos) {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidJump
@@ -534,6 +539,9 @@ func opJump(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]by
 }
 
 func opJumpi(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]byte, error) {
+	if atomic.LoadInt32(&interpreter.evm.abort) != 0 {
+		return nil, errStopToken
+	}
 	pos, cond := callContext.stack.pop(), callContext.stack.pop()
 	if !cond.IsZero() {
 		if !callContext.contract.validJumpdest(&pos) {
diff --git a/core/vm/interpreter.go b/core/vm/interpreter.go
index 51551678db..40a814bfd4 100644
--- a/core/vm/interpreter.go
+++ b/core/vm/interpreter.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package vm
 
 import (
 	"hash"
-	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common/math"
@@ -192,12 +191,7 @@ func (in *EVMInterpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte, readOnly bool) (
 	// explicit STOP, RETURN or SELFDESTRUCT is executed, an error occurred during
 	// the execution of one of the operations or until the done flag is set by the
 	// parent context.
-	steps := 0
 	for {
-		steps++
-		if steps%1000 == 0 && atomic.LoadInt32(&in.evm.abort) != 0 {
-			break
-		}
 		if in.cfg.Debug {
 			// Capture pre-execution values for tracing.
 			logged, pcCopy, gasCopy = false, pc, contract.Gas