diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index ec0c511737..a4a9f5121b 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -482,8 +482,9 @@ func (s *stateObject) commit() (*accountUpdate, *trienode.NodeSet, error) {
 		s.origin = s.data.Copy()
 		return op, nil, nil
 	}
-	root, nodes := s.trie.Commit(false)
-	s.data.Root = root
+	// The storage trie root is omitted, as it has already been updated in the
+	// previous updateRoot step.
+	_, nodes := s.trie.Commit(false)
 	s.origin = s.data.Copy()
 	return op, nodes, nil
 }
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index a4207a10c2..fc2da59a05 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool, noStorageWiping bool, blockNum
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("commit aborted due to earlier error: %v", s.dbErr)
 	}
 	// Finalize any pending changes and merge everything into the tries
-	s.IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects)
+	root := s.IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects)
 
 	// Short circuit if any error occurs within the IntermediateRoot.
 	if s.dbErr != nil {
@@ -1224,7 +1224,6 @@ func (s *StateDB) commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool, noStorageWiping bool, blockNum
 	// writes to run in parallel with the computations.
 	var (
 		start   = time.Now()
-		root    common.Hash
 		workers errgroup.Group
 	)
 	// Schedule the account trie first since that will be the biggest, so give
@@ -1238,9 +1237,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool, noStorageWiping bool, blockNum
 	// code didn't anticipate for.
 	workers.Go(func() error {
 		// Write the account trie changes, measuring the amount of wasted time
-		newroot, set := s.trie.Commit(true)
-		root = newroot
-
+		_, set := s.trie.Commit(true)
 		if err := merge(set); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}