diff --git a/core/state/journal.go b/core/state/journal.go
index f3f976f24f..fdbab73edd 100644
--- a/core/state/journal.go
+++ b/core/state/journal.go
@@ -110,10 +110,17 @@ func (j *journal) append(entry journalEntry) {
 func (j *journal) revert(statedb *StateDB, snapshot int) {
 	for i := len(j.entries) - 1; i >= snapshot; i-- {
 		// Undo the changes made by the operation
-		j.entries[i].revert(statedb)
+        entry := j.entries[i]
+        if addr := entry.dirtied(); addr != nil {
+            if statedb.getStateObject(*addr) == nil {
+                // State object was deleted, recreate it for safe reversion
+                statedb.createObject(*addr)
+            }
+        }
+        entry.revert(statedb)
 
 		// Drop any dirty tracking induced by the change
-		if addr := j.entries[i].dirtied(); addr != nil {
+		if addr := entry.dirtied(); addr != nil {
 			if j.dirties[*addr]--; j.dirties[*addr] == 0 {
 				delete(j.dirties, *addr)
 			}