diff --git a/XDCx/tradingstate/orderitem.go b/XDCx/tradingstate/orderitem.go
index 4d1bb25a01..fb3c749db4 100644
--- a/XDCx/tradingstate/orderitem.go
+++ b/XDCx/tradingstate/orderitem.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (o *OrderItem) SetBSON(raw bson.Raw) error {
 
 	if decoded.Signature != nil {
 		o.Signature = &Signature{
-			V: byte(decoded.Signature.V),
+			V: decoded.Signature.V,
 			R: common.HexToHash(decoded.Signature.R),
 			S: common.HexToHash(decoded.Signature.S),
 		}
diff --git a/XDCxlending/lendingstate/lendingitem.go b/XDCxlending/lendingstate/lendingitem.go
index 4d8e074b48..c1dc624158 100644
--- a/XDCxlending/lendingstate/lendingitem.go
+++ b/XDCxlending/lendingstate/lendingitem.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (l *LendingItem) SetBSON(raw bson.Raw) error {
 
 	if decoded.Signature != nil {
 		l.Signature = &Signature{
-			V: byte(decoded.Signature.V),
+			V: decoded.Signature.V,
 			R: common.HexToHash(decoded.Signature.R),
 			S: common.HexToHash(decoded.Signature.S),
 		}
diff --git a/core/state/state_object_test.go b/core/state/state_object_test.go
index a5b28dec88..876d4f90d4 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object_test.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object_test.go
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ func BenchmarkCutOriginal(b *testing.B) {
 
 func BenchmarkCutsetterFn(b *testing.B) {
 	value := common.HexToHash("0x01")
-	cutSetFn := func(r rune) bool {
-		return int32(r) == int32(0)
-	}
+	cutSetFn := func(r rune) bool { return r == 0 }
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		bytes.TrimLeftFunc(value[:], cutSetFn)
 	}