diff --git a/core/vm/gas_table.go b/core/vm/gas_table.go
index 1e3a0fca94..75fcea7f32 100644
--- a/core/vm/gas_table.go
+++ b/core/vm/gas_table.go
@@ -311,9 +311,12 @@ func gasCreateEip3860(evm *EVM, contract *Contract, stack *Stack, mem *Memory, m
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	size, overflow := stack.Back(2).Uint64WithOverflow()
-	if overflow || size > params.MaxInitCodeSize {
+	if overflow {
 		return 0, ErrGasUintOverflow
 	}
+	if size > params.MaxInitCodeSize {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: size %d", ErrMaxInitCodeSizeExceeded, size)
+	}
 	// Since size <= params.MaxInitCodeSize, these multiplication cannot overflow
 	moreGas := params.InitCodeWordGas * ((size + 31) / 32)
 	if gas, overflow = math.SafeAdd(gas, moreGas); overflow {