diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index b2cf28353b..b454b14f94 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -311,12 +311,16 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	input := common.FromHex(string(hexInput))
 
+	bench := ctx.Bool(BenchFlag.Name)
+
 	var execFunc func() ([]byte, uint64, error)
 	if ctx.Bool(CreateFlag.Name) {
 		input = append(code, input...)
 		execFunc = func() ([]byte, uint64, error) {
-			// don't mutate the state!
-			runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy()
+			if bench {
+				// don't mutate the state!
+				runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy()
+			}
 			output, _, gasLeft, err := runtime.Create(input, &runtimeConfig)
 			return output, gasLeft, err
 		}
@@ -325,14 +329,15 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			prestate.SetCode(receiver, code)
 		}
 		execFunc = func() ([]byte, uint64, error) {
-			// don't mutate the state!
-			runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy()
+			if bench {
+				// don't mutate the state!
+				runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy()
+			}
 			output, gasLeft, err := runtime.Call(receiver, input, &runtimeConfig)
 			return output, initialGas - gasLeft, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	bench := ctx.Bool(BenchFlag.Name)
 	output, stats, err := timedExec(bench, execFunc)
 
 	if ctx.Bool(DumpFlag.Name) {
diff --git a/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/3.out.1.txt b/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/3.out.1.txt
index 44956f54f6..25dd8da5a1 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/3.out.1.txt
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/3.out.1.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
     "root": "b444481d1367188172f8c6091e948aaa68bae763fd26d6b9e994306a66bf69f9",
     "accounts": {
-        "pre(0x30d7a0694cb29af31b982480e11d7ebb003a3fca4026939149071f014689b142)": {
+        "0x0000000000000000000000007265636569766572": {
             "balance": "0",
             "nonce": 0,
             "root": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
             "codeHash": "0x3e48ef54b89079a075f3b8fc253c657a86b110a7aed3568c1517b10edf2c3eb6",
             "code": "0x6040",
+            "address": "0x0000000000000000000000007265636569766572",
             "key": "0x30d7a0694cb29af31b982480e11d7ebb003a3fca4026939149071f014689b142"
         }
     }
diff --git a/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/4.out.1.txt b/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/4.out.1.txt
index 44956f54f6..25dd8da5a1 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/4.out.1.txt
+++ b/cmd/evm/testdata/evmrun/4.out.1.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
     "root": "b444481d1367188172f8c6091e948aaa68bae763fd26d6b9e994306a66bf69f9",
     "accounts": {
-        "pre(0x30d7a0694cb29af31b982480e11d7ebb003a3fca4026939149071f014689b142)": {
+        "0x0000000000000000000000007265636569766572": {
             "balance": "0",
             "nonce": 0,
             "root": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
             "codeHash": "0x3e48ef54b89079a075f3b8fc253c657a86b110a7aed3568c1517b10edf2c3eb6",
             "code": "0x6040",
+            "address": "0x0000000000000000000000007265636569766572",
             "key": "0x30d7a0694cb29af31b982480e11d7ebb003a3fca4026939149071f014689b142"
         }
     }