diff --git a/core/vm/gas_table.go b/core/vm/gas_table.go
index f367c3c929..50ebf8c05b 100644
--- a/core/vm/gas_table.go
+++ b/core/vm/gas_table.go
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ var (
 func gasExtCodeSize(evm *EVM, contract *Contract, stack *Stack, mem *Memory, memorySize uint64) (uint64, error) {
 	usedGas := uint64(0)
 	slot := stack.Back(0)
+	address := slot.Bytes20()
 	if evm.chainRules.IsPrague {
-		usedGas += evm.TxContext.Accesses.TouchAddressOnReadAndComputeGas(slot.Bytes(), uint256.Int{}, trieUtils.CodeSizeLeafKey)
+		usedGas += evm.TxContext.Accesses.TouchAddressOnReadAndComputeGas(address[:], uint256.Int{}, trieUtils.CodeSizeLeafKey)
 	}
 
 	return usedGas, nil
diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index 177e882879..cc3de642bd 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -353,9 +353,10 @@ func opReturnDataCopy(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeConte
 
 func opExtCodeSize(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext) ([]byte, error) {
 	slot := scope.Stack.peek()
-	cs := uint64(interpreter.evm.StateDB.GetCodeSize(slot.Bytes20()))
+	address := slot.Bytes20()
+	cs := uint64(interpreter.evm.StateDB.GetCodeSize(address))
 	if interpreter.evm.chainRules.IsPrague {
-		statelessGas := interpreter.evm.Accesses.TouchAddressOnReadAndComputeGas(slot.Bytes(), uint256.Int{}, utils.CodeSizeLeafKey)
+		statelessGas := interpreter.evm.Accesses.TouchAddressOnReadAndComputeGas(address[:], uint256.Int{}, utils.CodeSizeLeafKey)
 		if !scope.Contract.UseGas(statelessGas) {
 			scope.Contract.Gas = 0
 			return nil, ErrOutOfGas
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ func opExtCodeHash(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext)
 	slot := scope.Stack.peek()
 	address := common.Address(slot.Bytes20())
 	if interpreter.evm.chainRules.IsPrague {
-		statelessGas := interpreter.evm.Accesses.TouchAddressOnReadAndComputeGas(slot.Bytes(), uint256.Int{}, utils.CodeKeccakLeafKey)
+		statelessGas := interpreter.evm.Accesses.TouchAddressOnReadAndComputeGas(address[:], uint256.Int{}, utils.CodeKeccakLeafKey)
 		if !scope.Contract.UseGas(statelessGas) {
 			scope.Contract.Gas = 0
 			return nil, ErrOutOfGas