diff --git a/core/state/database.go b/core/state/database.go
index 8f9733edf9..986e6f39b7 100644
--- a/core/state/database.go
+++ b/core/state/database.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type Database interface {
 	OpenTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error)
 
 	// OpenStorageTrie opens the storage trie of an account.
-	OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, address common.Address, root common.Hash) (Trie, error)
+	OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, address common.Address, root common.Hash, trie Trie) (Trie, error)
 
 	// CopyTrie returns an independent copy of the given trie.
 	CopyTrie(Trie) Trie
@@ -195,7 +195,13 @@ func (db *cachingDB) OpenTrie(root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
 }
 
 // OpenStorageTrie opens the storage trie of an account.
-func (db *cachingDB) OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, address common.Address, root common.Hash) (Trie, error) {
+func (db *cachingDB) OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, address common.Address, root common.Hash, self Trie) (Trie, error) {
+	// In the verkle case, there is only one tree. But the two-tree structure
+	// is hardcoded in the codebase. So we need to return the same trie in this
+	// case.
+	if db.triedb.IsVerkle() {
+		return self, nil
+	}
 	tr, err := trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StorageTrieID(stateRoot, crypto.Keccak256Hash(address.Bytes()), root), db.triedb)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/core/state/iterator.go b/core/state/iterator.go
index 683efd73de..dc84ce689b 100644
--- a/core/state/iterator.go
+++ b/core/state/iterator.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (it *nodeIterator) step() error {
 	address := common.BytesToAddress(preimage)
 
 	// Traverse the storage slots belong to the account
-	dataTrie, err := it.state.db.OpenStorageTrie(it.state.originalRoot, address, account.Root)
+	dataTrie, err := it.state.db.OpenStorageTrie(it.state.originalRoot, address, account.Root, it.state.trie)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index d42d2c34d8..fc66b48114 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (s *stateObject) getTrie() (Trie, error) {
 			s.trie = s.db.prefetcher.trie(s.addrHash, s.data.Root)
 		}
 		if s.trie == nil {
-			tr, err := s.db.db.OpenStorageTrie(s.db.originalRoot, s.address, s.data.Root)
+			tr, err := s.db.db.OpenStorageTrie(s.db.originalRoot, s.address, s.data.Root, s.db.trie)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 195e463c28..674227857c 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) fastDeleteStorage(addrHash common.Hash, root common.Hash) (boo
 // employed when the associated state snapshot is not available. It iterates the
 // storage slots along with all internal trie nodes via trie directly.
 func (s *StateDB) slowDeleteStorage(addr common.Address, addrHash common.Hash, root common.Hash) (bool, common.StorageSize, map[common.Hash][]byte, *trienode.NodeSet, error) {
-	tr, err := s.db.OpenStorageTrie(s.originalRoot, addr, root)
+	tr, err := s.db.OpenStorageTrie(s.originalRoot, addr, root, s.trie)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, 0, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open storage trie, err: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/core/state/trie_prefetcher.go b/core/state/trie_prefetcher.go
index 772c698dd0..5a1f9aa080 100644
--- a/core/state/trie_prefetcher.go
+++ b/core/state/trie_prefetcher.go
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ func (sf *subfetcher) loop() {
 		}
 		sf.trie = trie
 	} else {
-		trie, err := sf.db.OpenStorageTrie(sf.state, sf.addr, sf.root)
+		// the trie argument can be nil as verkle doesn't support prefetching
+		trie, err := sf.db.OpenStorageTrie(sf.state, sf.addr, sf.root, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warn("Trie prefetcher failed opening trie", "root", sf.root, "err", err)
 			return
diff --git a/les/server_requests.go b/les/server_requests.go
index 9a249f04c9..cc5b601713 100644
--- a/les/server_requests.go
+++ b/les/server_requests.go
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func handleGetProofs(msg Decoder) (serveRequestFn, uint64, uint64, error) {
 					p.bumpInvalid()
 					continue
 				}
-				trie, err = statedb.OpenStorageTrie(root, address, account.Root)
+				trie, err = statedb.OpenStorageTrie(root, address, account.Root, nil)
 				if trie == nil || err != nil {
 					p.Log().Warn("Failed to open storage trie for proof", "block", header.Number, "hash", header.Hash(), "account", address, "root", account.Root, "err", err)
 					continue
diff --git a/light/trie.go b/light/trie.go
index 1847f1e71b..1d93bdf415 100644
--- a/light/trie.go
+++ b/light/trie.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (db *odrDatabase) OpenTrie(root common.Hash) (state.Trie, error) {
 	return &odrTrie{db: db, id: db.id}, nil
 }
 
-func (db *odrDatabase) OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, address common.Address, root common.Hash) (state.Trie, error) {
+func (db *odrDatabase) OpenStorageTrie(stateRoot common.Hash, address common.Address, root common.Hash, _ state.Trie) (state.Trie, error) {
 	return &odrTrie{db: db, id: StorageTrieID(db.id, address, root)}, nil
 }