diff --git a/core/state_processor.go b/core/state_processor.go
index d85da2aa02..71ecaa6a2a 100644
--- a/core/state_processor.go
+++ b/core/state_processor.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func ApplyTransaction(config *params.ChainConfig, bc ChainContext, author *commo
 
 func ApplyTransactionForPreExec(config *params.ChainConfig, bc ChainContext, author *common.Address, gp *GasPool, statedb *state.StateDB, header *types.Header, tx *types.Transaction, msg types.Message, usedGas *uint64, cfg vm.Config) (*types.Receipt, error) {
 	blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(header, bc, author)
+	blockContext.BaseFee = big.NewInt(0)
 	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(blockContext, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, config, cfg)
-	vmenv.Context.BaseFee = big.NewInt(0)
 	return applyTransaction(msg, config, bc, author, gp, statedb, header.Number, header.Hash(), tx, usedGas, vmenv)
 }
diff --git a/eth/api_pre_exec.go b/eth/api_pre_exec.go
index 365a387805..ab63e1ff16 100644
--- a/eth/api_pre_exec.go
+++ b/eth/api_pre_exec.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func (api *PreExecAPI) TraceTransaction(ctx context.Context, origin *PreExecTx,
 	}
 	// Run the transaction with tracing enabled.
 	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(core.NewEVMBlockContext(d.header, bc, nil), txContext, d.stateDb, bc.Config(), vm.Config{Debug: true, Tracer: tracer})
+	vmenv.Context.BaseFee = big.NewInt(0)
 
 	// Call Prepare to clear out the statedb access list
 	d.stateDb.Prepare(d.tx.Hash(), txIndex)