diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 987b8df392..08e4cc5713 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -614,9 +614,18 @@ func HasAccessList(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) bool {
 	return has
 }
 
-// ReadAccessListRLP retrieves the RLP-encoded block access list for a block from KV.
+// ReadAccessListRLP retrieves the RLP-encoded block access list for a block.
 func ReadAccessListRLP(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValue {
-	data, _ := db.Get(accessListKey(number, hash))
+	var data []byte
+	db.ReadAncients(func(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error {
+		data, _ = reader.Ancient(ChainFreezerBALTable, number)
+		if len(data) > 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		// Block is not in ancients, read from key-value store by hash and number.
+		data, _ = db.Get(accessListKey(number, hash))
+		return nil
+	})
 	return data
 }
 
@@ -759,6 +768,13 @@ func writeAncientBlock(op ethdb.AncientWriteOp, block *types.Block, header *type
 	if err := op.Append(ChainFreezerReceiptTable, num, receipts); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't append block %d receipts: %v", num, err)
 	}
+	// The assumption is held that BAL of ancient block is no longer available
+	// (it may still reachable, but it's not worthwhile to even retrieve it
+	// from the network). A nil entry is stored in the BAL table as the absence
+	// placeholder.
+	if err := op.AppendRaw(ChainFreezerBALTable, num, nil); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't append block %d bals: %v", num, err)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -791,6 +807,7 @@ func DeleteBlock(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number uint64) {
 	DeleteReceipts(db, hash, number)
 	DeleteHeader(db, hash, number)
 	DeleteBody(db, hash, number)
+	DeleteAccessList(db, hash, number)
 }
 
 // DeleteBlockWithoutNumber removes all block data associated with a hash, except
@@ -799,6 +816,7 @@ func DeleteBlockWithoutNumber(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number
 	DeleteReceipts(db, hash, number)
 	deleteHeaderWithoutNumber(db, hash, number)
 	DeleteBody(db, hash, number)
+	DeleteAccessList(db, hash, number)
 }
 
 const badBlockToKeep = 10
diff --git a/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go b/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go
index 15bcf8be60..d6097a9193 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ const (
 
 	// ChainFreezerReceiptTable indicates the name of the freezer receipts table.
 	ChainFreezerReceiptTable = "receipts"
+
+	// ChainFreezerBALTable indicates the name of the freezer block access list
+	// table introduced by EIP-7928.
+	ChainFreezerBALTable = "bals"
 )
 
 // Identifiers of tail groups used by the chain freezer.
@@ -43,6 +47,11 @@ const (
 	// receipt tables. The two tables are pruned together and therefore have
 	// the same tail position.
 	ChainFreezerBlockDataGroup = "blockdata"
+
+	// ChainFreezerBALGroup is the tail group for the block access list table.
+	// BAL is only populated after EIP-7928 activates, so it generally has a
+	// higher tail than the block-data group and is pruned independently.
+	ChainFreezerBALGroup = "bal"
 )
 
 // chainFreezerTableConfigs configures the settings for tables in the chain freezer.
@@ -54,6 +63,7 @@ var chainFreezerTableConfigs = map[string]freezerTableConfig{
 	ChainFreezerHashTable:    {noSnappy: true},
 	ChainFreezerBodiesTable:  {noSnappy: false, tailGroup: ChainFreezerBlockDataGroup},
 	ChainFreezerReceiptTable: {noSnappy: false, tailGroup: ChainFreezerBlockDataGroup},
+	ChainFreezerBALTable:     {noSnappy: false, tailGroup: ChainFreezerBALGroup},
 }
 
 // freezerTableConfig contains the settings for a freezer table.
diff --git a/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go b/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go
index c47ddebf8c..b706f9132c 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ const (
 // key-value database to flat files for saving space on live database.
 type chainFreezer struct {
 	ancients ethdb.AncientStore // Ancient store for storing cold chain segment
-
-	// Optional Era database used as a backup for the pruned chain.
-	eradb *eradb.Store
+	eradb    *eradb.Store       // Optional Era database used as a backup for the pruned chain
 
 	quit    chan struct{}
 	wg      sync.WaitGroup
@@ -327,6 +325,16 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) freezeRange(nfdb *nofreezedb, number, limit uint64) (hash
 			if len(receipts) == 0 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("block receipts missing, can't freeze block %d", number)
 			}
+			// An empty block access list is allowed and may occur in multiple
+			// scenarios, such as:
+			//   - pre-Amsterdam blocks
+			//   - post-Amsterdam blocks with the BAL absent (e.g. pruned by network)
+			//   - post-Amsterdam blocks with an explicitly empty BAL
+			//
+			// In these cases, a nil entry will be stored in the BAL table as the
+			// absence placeholder.
+			bals := ReadAccessListRLP(nfdb, hash, number)
+
 			// Write to the batch.
 			if err := op.AppendRaw(ChainFreezerHashTable, number, hash[:]); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write hash to Freezer: %v", err)
@@ -340,6 +348,9 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) freezeRange(nfdb *nofreezedb, number, limit uint64) (hash
 			if err := op.AppendRaw(ChainFreezerReceiptTable, number, receipts); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write receipts to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
+			if err := op.AppendRaw(ChainFreezerBALTable, number, bals); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("can't write bals to Freezer: %v", err)
+			}
 			hashes = append(hashes, hash)
 		}
 		return nil