diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index 7e24842225..c1a271898d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types/bal"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
@@ -243,12 +244,12 @@ func makeFullNode(ctx *cli.Context) *node.Node {
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.BlockAccessListExecutionModeFlag.Name) {
 		val := ctx.String(utils.BlockAccessListExecutionModeFlag.Name)
 		switch val {
-		case utils.BalExecutionModeFull:
-			cfg.Eth.BALExecutionMode = 0
+		case utils.BalExecutionModeOptimized:
+			cfg.Eth.BALExecutionMode = bal.BALExecutionOptimized
 		case utils.BalExecutionModeNoBatchIO:
-			cfg.Eth.BALExecutionMode = 1
+			cfg.Eth.BALExecutionMode = bal.BALExecutionNoBatchIO
 		case utils.BalExecutionModeSequential:
-			cfg.Eth.BALExecutionMode = 2
+			cfg.Eth.BALExecutionMode = bal.BALExecutionSequential
 		default:
 			utils.Fatalf("invalid option for --bal.executionmode: %s.  acceptable values are full|nobatchio|sequential", val)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 25a7df5a09..ee4376f20d 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1124,13 +1124,13 @@ block access list execution type.  possible inputs are:
 - sequential: no performance acceleration
 - full: parallel transaction execution, state root calculation, async warming of access list reads
 - nobatchio: same as 'full', but without async warming of access list reads`,
-		Value:    BalExecutionModeFull,
+		Value:    BalExecutionModeOptimized,
 		Category: flags.MiscCategory,
 	}
 )
 
 const (
-	BalExecutionModeFull       = "full"
+	BalExecutionModeOptimized  = "full"
 	BalExecutionModeNoBatchIO  = "nobatchio"
 	BalExecutionModeSequential = "sequential"
 )
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 6345e05609..b99cc587c4 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ const (
 	BlockChainVersion uint64 = 9
 )
 
-const (
-	BALExecutionModeFull       = 0
-	BALExecutionModeNoBatchIO  = iota
-	BALExecutionModeSequential = iota
-)
-
 // BlockChainConfig contains the configuration of the BlockChain object.
 type BlockChainConfig struct {
 	// Trie database related options
@@ -246,8 +240,7 @@ type BlockChainConfig struct {
 	StatelessSelfValidation bool // Generate execution witnesses and self-check against them (testing purpose)
 	EnableWitnessStats      bool // Whether trie access statistics collection is enabled
 
-	// TODO clean this config up to use defined constants...
-	BALExecutionMode int
+	BALExecutionMode bal.BALExecutionMode
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig returns the default config.
@@ -609,7 +602,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) processBlockWithAccessList(parentRoot common.Hash, block *
 		statedb   *state.StateDB
 	)
 
-	useAsyncReads := bc.cfg.BALExecutionMode != BALExecutionModeNoBatchIO
+	useAsyncReads := bc.cfg.BALExecutionMode != bal.BALExecutionNoBatchIO
 	al := block.AccessList() // TODO: make the return of this method not be a pointer
 	accessListReader := bal.NewAccessListReader(*al)
 	prefetchReader, err := bc.statedb.ReaderEIP7928(parentRoot, accessListReader.StorageKeys(useAsyncReads), runtime.NumCPU())
@@ -2146,7 +2139,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(ctx context.Context, chain types.Blocks, setHe
 			return nil, it.index, err
 		}
 		blockHasAccessList := block.AccessList() != nil
-		if blockHasAccessList && bc.cfg.BALExecutionMode != BALExecutionModeSequential {
+		if blockHasAccessList && bc.cfg.BALExecutionMode != bal.BALExecutionSequential {
 			res.stats.reportBALMetrics()
 		} else {
 			res.stats.reportMetrics()
@@ -2265,7 +2258,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) ProcessBlock(ctx context.Context, parentRoot common.Hash,
 	blockHasAccessList := block.AccessList() != nil
 
 	// optimized execution path for blocks which contain BALs
-	if blockHasAccessList && bc.cfg.BALExecutionMode != BALExecutionModeSequential {
+	if blockHasAccessList && bc.cfg.BALExecutionMode != bal.BALExecutionSequential {
 		return bc.processBlockWithAccessList(parentRoot, block, config.WriteHead)
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/types/bal/bal.go b/core/types/bal/bal.go
index b18c728fc3..47efc797a3 100644
--- a/core/types/bal/bal.go
+++ b/core/types/bal/bal.go
@@ -531,3 +531,11 @@ func (a *AccountMutations) Eq(other *AccountMutations) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+type BALExecutionMode int
+
+const (
+	BALExecutionOptimized BALExecutionMode = iota
+	BALExecutionNoBatchIO
+	BALExecutionSequential
+)
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index 5f144243f4..d40a3c4aea 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ethconfig
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types/bal"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// RangeLimit restricts the maximum range (end - start) for range queries.
 	RangeLimit uint64 `toml:",omitempty"`
 
-	BALExecutionMode int
+	BALExecutionMode bal.BALExecutionMode
 }
 
 // CreateConsensusEngine creates a consensus engine for the given chain config.
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go b/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
index 68f9b7dc6a..0775fd828a 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package ethconfig
 
 import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types/bal"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 		TxSyncDefaultTimeout    time.Duration `toml:",omitempty"`
 		TxSyncMaxTimeout        time.Duration `toml:",omitempty"`
 		RangeLimit              uint64        `toml:",omitempty"`
-		BALExecutionMode        int
+		BALExecutionMode        bal.BALExecutionMode
 	}
 	var enc Config
 	enc.Genesis = c.Genesis
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		c.RangeLimit = *dec.RangeLimit
 	}
 	if dec.BALExecutionMode != nil {
-		c.BALExecutionMode = *dec.BALExecutionMode
+		c.BALExecutionMode = bal.BALExecutionMode(*dec.BALExecutionMode)
 	}
 	return nil
 }