From 6c1d9e0c66b26a749bee011626ac66cbc5abc2ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius van der Wijden <m.vanderwijden@live.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:50:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] core/vm: burn gas on contract address collision

---
 core/vm/evm.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/core/vm/evm.go b/core/vm/evm.go
index 049ea40f54..eb4a854fc8 100644
--- a/core/vm/evm.go
+++ b/core/vm/evm.go
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) create(caller common.Address, code []byte, gas GasCosts, value *
 		if evm.Config.Tracer != nil && evm.Config.Tracer.OnGasChange != nil {
 			evm.Config.Tracer.OnGasChange(gas.RegularGas, 0, tracing.GasChangeCallFailedExecution)
 		}
+		gas.RegularGas = 0
 		return nil, common.Address{}, gas, ErrContractAddressCollision
 	}
 	// Create a new account on the state only if the object was not present.