diff --git a/core/state/reader.go b/core/state/reader.go
index 4d1530805d..35b732173b 100644
--- a/core/state/reader.go
+++ b/core/state/reader.go
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ func (r *cachingCodeReader) Code(addr common.Address, codeHash common.Hash) ([]b
 func (r *cachingCodeReader) CodeSize(addr common.Address, codeHash common.Hash) (int, error) {
 	if cached, ok := r.codeSizeCache.Get(codeHash); ok {
 		r.hit.Add(1)
-		r.hitBytes.Add(int64(cached))
 		return cached, nil
 	}
 	code, err := r.Code(addr, codeHash)
diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 3b4238b37b..2873c3cb8a 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ func (s *stateObject) CodeSize() int {
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
 		s.db.CodeLoaded += 1
 		s.db.CodeReads += time.Since(start)
-		s.db.CodeLoadBytes += len(s.code)
 	}(time.Now())
 
 	size, err := s.db.reader.CodeSize(s.address, common.BytesToHash(s.CodeHash()))
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index a2c9866875..610e7173cf 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ type StateDB struct {
 	StorageUpdated atomic.Int64 // Number of storage slots updated during the state transition
 	StorageDeleted atomic.Int64 // Number of storage slots deleted during the state transition
 	CodeLoaded     int          // Number of contract code loaded during the state transition
-	CodeLoadBytes  int          // Total number of bytes read from contract code
+
+	// CodeLoadBytes is the total number of bytes read from contract code.
+	// This value may be smaller than the actual number of bytes read, since
+	// some APIs (e.g. CodeSize) may load the entire code from either the
+	// cache or the database when the size is not available in the cache.
+	CodeLoadBytes int
 }
 
 // New creates a new state from a given trie.