diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index 59a893f01f..84fab25b1f 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ func (api *API) traceTx(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction, message *cor
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, vm.TxContext{GasPrice: big.NewInt(0)}, statedb, nil, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{Tracer: tracer.Hooks, NoBaseFee: true})
+	// The actual TxContext will be created as part of ApplyTransactionWithEVM.
+	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, vm.TxContext{GasPrice: message.GasPrice}, statedb, nil, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{Tracer: tracer.Hooks, NoBaseFee: true})
 	statedb.SetLogger(tracer.Hooks)
 
 	// Define a meaningful timeout of a single transaction trace