From ef217e2169caea60c736dccd01ec4fc28c1ee51c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Wasinger <j-wasinger@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 17:56:50 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] properly initialize bal copy in Copy

---
 core/types/bal/bal.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/types/bal/bal.go b/core/types/bal/bal.go
index 019a576e2b..3acef119ea 100644
--- a/core/types/bal/bal.go
+++ b/core/types/bal/bal.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ type slotWrites map[uint16]common.Hash
 
 // Copy returns a deep copy of the access list.
 func (b *BlockAccessList) Copy() *BlockAccessList {
-	res := new(BlockAccessList)
+	res := NewBlockAccessList()
 	for addr, aa := range b.accounts {
 		var aaCopy accountAccess
 		aaCopy.StorageWrites = aa.StorageWrites.copy()
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (b *BlockAccessList) Copy() *BlockAccessList {
 		}
 		res.accounts[addr] = &aaCopy
 	}
-	return res
+	return &res
 }
 
 func (e *encodingBlockAccessList) prettyPrint() string {