diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v1/engine.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v1/engine.go
index caf6c42448..734e336e2f 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v1/engine.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v1/engine.go
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v1) Finalize(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.Header, s
 	header.UncleHash = types.CalcUncleHash(nil)
 
 	// Assemble and return the final block for sealing
-	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, new(trie.Trie)), nil
+	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)), nil
 }
 
 // Authorize injects a private key into the consensus engine to mint new blocks
diff --git a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
index ce516442bb..e974a73fd8 100644
--- a/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
+++ b/consensus/XDPoS/engines/engine_v2/engine.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (x *XDPoS_v2) Finalize(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.Header, s
 	header.UncleHash = types.CalcUncleHash(nil)
 
 	// Assemble and return the final block for sealing
-	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, new(trie.Trie)), nil
+	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)), nil
 }
 
 // Authorize injects a private key into the consensus engine to mint new blocks with.
diff --git a/consensus/clique/clique.go b/consensus/clique/clique.go
index 8a43d1ce07..da06f9e55f 100644
--- a/consensus/clique/clique.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/clique.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func (c *Clique) Finalize(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.Header, sta
 	header.UncleHash = types.CalcUncleHash(nil)
 
 	// Assemble and return the final block for sealing
-	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, new(trie.Trie)), nil
+	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)), nil
 }
 
 // Authorize injects a private key into the consensus engine to mint new blocks
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index 2fa553af0f..2bcfd6e0b6 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) Finalize(chain consensus.ChainReader, header *types.Header
 	header.Root = state.IntermediateRoot(chain.Config().IsEIP158(header.Number))
 
 	// Header seems complete, assemble into a block and return
-	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, uncles, receipts, new(trie.Trie)), nil
+	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, uncles, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)), nil
 }
 
 // Some weird constants to avoid constant memory allocs for them.
diff --git a/consensus/tests/engine_v1_tests/helper.go b/consensus/tests/engine_v1_tests/helper.go
index daaf79c00e..cbebfd1bbf 100644
--- a/consensus/tests/engine_v1_tests/helper.go
+++ b/consensus/tests/engine_v1_tests/helper.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func createBlockFromHeader(bc *core.BlockChain, customHeader *types.Header, txs
 		}
 
 		header.GasUsed = *gasUsed
-		block = types.NewBlock(&header, txs, nil, receipts, new(trie.Trie))
+		block = types.NewBlock(&header, txs, nil, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 	}
 
 	return block, nil
diff --git a/consensus/tests/engine_v2_tests/helper.go b/consensus/tests/engine_v2_tests/helper.go
index 0702c3f768..c702704174 100644
--- a/consensus/tests/engine_v2_tests/helper.go
+++ b/consensus/tests/engine_v2_tests/helper.go
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func createBlockFromHeader(bc *core.BlockChain, customHeader *types.Header, txs
 		header.Coinbase = signerAddress
 		sealHeader(bc, &header, signerAddress, signerFunction)
 
-		block = types.NewBlock(&header, txs, nil, receipts, new(trie.Trie))
+		block = types.NewBlock(&header, txs, nil, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 	}
 
 	return block, nil
diff --git a/core/blockchain_test.go b/core/blockchain_test.go
index 8f3b79b401..ecd3def676 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_test.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_test.go
@@ -654,12 +654,12 @@ func TestFastVsFullChains(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		if fblock, ablock := fast.GetBlockByHash(hash), archive.GetBlockByHash(hash); fblock.Hash() != ablock.Hash() {
 			t.Errorf("block #%d [%x]: block mismatch: have %v, want %v", num, hash, fblock, ablock)
-		} else if types.DeriveSha(fblock.Transactions(), new(trie.Trie)) != types.DeriveSha(ablock.Transactions(), new(trie.Trie)) {
+		} else if types.DeriveSha(fblock.Transactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)) != types.DeriveSha(ablock.Transactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)) {
 			t.Errorf("block #%d [%x]: transactions mismatch: have %v, want %v", num, hash, fblock.Transactions(), ablock.Transactions())
 		} else if types.CalcUncleHash(fblock.Uncles()) != types.CalcUncleHash(ablock.Uncles()) {
 			t.Errorf("block #%d [%x]: uncles mismatch: have %v, want %v", num, hash, fblock.Uncles(), ablock.Uncles())
 		}
-		if freceipts, areceipts := rawdb.ReadReceipts(fastDb, hash, *rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(fastDb, hash), fast.Config()), rawdb.ReadReceipts(archiveDb, hash, *rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(archiveDb, hash), fast.Config()); types.DeriveSha(freceipts, new(trie.Trie)) != types.DeriveSha(areceipts, new(trie.Trie)) {
+		if freceipts, areceipts := rawdb.ReadReceipts(fastDb, hash, *rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(fastDb, hash), fast.Config()), rawdb.ReadReceipts(archiveDb, hash, *rawdb.ReadHeaderNumber(archiveDb, hash), fast.Config()); types.DeriveSha(freceipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)) != types.DeriveSha(areceipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)) {
 			t.Errorf("block #%d [%x]: receipts mismatch: have %v, want %v", num, hash, freceipts, areceipts)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index b932385149..75e019bfd6 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (g *Genesis) ToBlock(db ethdb.Database) *types.Block {
 	statedb.Commit(false)
 	statedb.Database().TrieDB().Commit(root, true)
 
-	return types.NewBlock(head, nil, nil, nil, new(trie.Trie))
+	return types.NewBlock(head, nil, nil, nil, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 }
 
 // Commit writes the block and state of a genesis specification to the database.
diff --git a/core/state_processor_test.go b/core/state_processor_test.go
index 434f71f796..830e2badc6 100644
--- a/core/state_processor_test.go
+++ b/core/state_processor_test.go
@@ -287,5 +287,5 @@ func GenerateBadBlock(t *testing.T, parent *types.Block, engine consensus.Engine
 	}
 	header.Root = common.BytesToHash(hasher.Sum(nil))
 	// Assemble and return the final block for sealing
-	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, new(trie.Trie))
+	return types.NewBlock(header, txs, nil, receipts, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 }
diff --git a/core/txpool/txpool_test.go b/core/txpool/txpool_test.go
index 02f2a5632f..ff88fea893 100644
--- a/core/txpool/txpool_test.go
+++ b/core/txpool/txpool_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (bc *testBlockChain) CurrentBlock() *types.Block {
 	return types.NewBlock(&types.Header{
 		Root:     types.EmptyRootHash,
 		GasLimit: atomic.LoadUint64(&bc.gasLimit),
-	}, nil, nil, nil, new(trie.Trie))
+	}, nil, nil, nil, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 }
 
 func (bc *testBlockChain) GetBlock(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.Block {
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go
index 3736e87824..53ca88a6b1 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func (f *Fetcher) loop() {
 						announce.time = task.time
 
 						// If the block is empty (header only), short circuit into the final import queue
-						if header.TxHash == types.DeriveSha(types.Transactions{}, new(trie.Trie)) && header.UncleHash == types.CalcUncleHash([]*types.Header{}) {
+						if header.TxHash == types.DeriveSha(types.Transactions{}, trie.NewStackTrie(nil)) && header.UncleHash == types.CalcUncleHash([]*types.Header{}) {
 							log.Trace("Block empty, skipping body retrieval", "peer", announce.origin, "number", header.Number, "hash", header.Hash())
 
 							block := types.NewBlockWithHeader(header)
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func (f *Fetcher) loop() {
 
 				for hash, announce := range f.completing {
 					if f.queued[hash] == nil {
-						txnHash := types.DeriveSha(types.Transactions(task.transactions[i]), new(trie.Trie))
+						txnHash := types.DeriveSha(types.Transactions(task.transactions[i]), trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 						uncleHash := types.CalcUncleHash(task.uncles[i])
 
 						if txnHash == announce.header.TxHash && uncleHash == announce.header.UncleHash && announce.origin == task.peer {
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/fetcher_test.go b/eth/fetcher/fetcher_test.go
index 7479377e1c..2d319a554d 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/fetcher_test.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/fetcher_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var (
 	testKey, _   = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
 	testAddress  = crypto.PubkeyToAddress(testKey.PublicKey)
 	genesis      = core.GenesisBlockForTesting(testdb, testAddress, big.NewInt(1000000000))
-	unknownBlock = types.NewBlock(&types.Header{Root: types.EmptyRootHash, GasLimit: params.GenesisGasLimit}, nil, nil, nil, new(trie.Trie))
+	unknownBlock = types.NewBlock(&types.Header{Root: types.EmptyRootHash, GasLimit: params.GenesisGasLimit}, nil, nil, nil, trie.NewStackTrie(nil))
 )
 
 // makeChain creates a chain of n blocks starting at and including parent.
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 16d967f63a..1d6ef32784 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ func (w *worker) updateSnapshot() {
 		w.current.txs,
 		nil,
 		w.current.receipts,
-		new(trie.Trie),
+		trie.NewStackTrie(nil),
 	)
 	w.snapshotReceipts = copyReceipts(w.current.receipts)
 	w.snapshotState = w.current.state.Copy()