diff --git a/core/types/receipt.go b/core/types/receipt.go
index 107946b988..a8270fd0cc 100644
--- a/core/types/receipt.go
+++ b/core/types/receipt.go
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ func (r *Receipt) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
 		}
 		r.Type = LegacyTxType
 		return r.setFromRLP(dec)
+	case kind == rlp.Byte:
+		return errShortTypedReceipt
 	default:
 		// It's an EIP-2718 typed tx receipt.
 		b, buf, err := getPooledBuffer(size)
diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index d2e5d278bc..78a1b9ba64 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ func (tx *Transaction) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
 			tx.setDecoded(&inner, rlp.ListSize(size))
 		}
 		return err
+	case kind == rlp.Byte:
+		return errShortTypedTx
 	default:
 		// It's an EIP-2718 typed TX envelope.
 		// First read the tx payload bytes into a temporary buffer.