diff --git a/core/state/reader.go b/core/state/reader.go
index 49375c467c..fe0ec71f2d 100644
--- a/core/state/reader.go
+++ b/core/state/reader.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func newFlatReader(reader database.StateReader) *flatReader {
 //
 // The returned account might be nil if it's not existent.
 func (r *flatReader) Account(addr common.Address) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
-	account, err := r.reader.Account(crypto.Keccak256Hash(addr.Bytes()))
+	account, err := r.reader.Account(crypto.Keccak256Hash(addr[:]))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ func (r *flatReader) Account(addr common.Address) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
 //
 // The returned storage slot might be empty if it's not existent.
 func (r *flatReader) Storage(addr common.Address, key common.Hash) (common.Hash, error) {
-	addrHash := crypto.Keccak256Hash(addr.Bytes())
-	slotHash := crypto.Keccak256Hash(key.Bytes())
+	addrHash := crypto.Keccak256Hash(addr[:])
+	slotHash := crypto.Keccak256Hash(key[:])
 	ret, err := r.reader.Storage(addrHash, slotHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return common.Hash{}, err
diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index dd30bb64a5..ec0c511737 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -474,6 +474,14 @@ func (s *stateObject) commit() (*accountUpdate, *trienode.NodeSet, error) {
 		s.origin = s.data.Copy()
 		return op, nil, nil
 	}
+	// In Verkle/binary trie mode, all state objects share one unified trie.
+	// The main account trie commit in stateDB.commit() already calls
+	// CollectNodes on this trie, so calling Commit here again would
+	// redundantly traverse and serialize the entire tree per dirty account.
+	if s.db.GetTrie().IsVerkle() {
+		s.origin = s.data.Copy()
+		return op, nil, nil
+	}
 	root, nodes := s.trie.Commit(false)
 	s.data.Root = root
 	s.origin = s.data.Copy()