diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index dfda65100d..fe72924828 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ func (api *API) standardTraceBlockToFile(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block
 		chainConfig, canon = overrideConfig(chainConfig, config.Overrides)
 	}
 
-	evm := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
+	evm := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, statedb, chainConfig, vm.Config{})
 	if beaconRoot := block.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
 		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, evm)
 	}