diff --git a/core/types/bal/bal_encoding.go b/core/types/bal/bal_encoding.go
index c5e32dc1c3..870f33d7a7 100644
--- a/core/types/bal/bal_encoding.go
+++ b/core/types/bal/bal_encoding.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (b *BlockAccessList) EncodeRLP(wr io.Writer) error {
 	return w.Flush()
 }
 
-// DecodeRLP decodes the access list
+// DecodeRLP decodes the bloc accessList.
 func (b *BlockAccessList) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
 	encBytes, err := s.Bytes()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -230,6 +230,25 @@ func (b *BlockAccessList) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
 	return b.decodeSSZ(encBytes)
 }
 
+// EncodeFullRLP returns the RLP-encoded access list wrapped into RLP bytes.
+func (b *BlockAccessList) EncodeFullRLP(wr io.Writer) error {
+	return b.toEncodingObj().EncodeRLP(wr)
+}
+
+// DecodeFullRLP decodes the block accessList with full RLP format.
+func (b *BlockAccessList) DecodeFullRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
+	var obj encodingBlockAccessList
+	if err := obj.DecodeRLP(s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	al, err := obj.toBlockAccessList()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*b = *al
+	return nil
+}
+
 var _ rlp.Encoder = &BlockAccessList{}
 var _ rlp.Decoder = &BlockAccessList{}
 
diff --git a/core/types/bal/bal_test.go b/core/types/bal/bal_test.go
index 585aeb845b..89dd0e3b79 100644
--- a/core/types/bal/bal_test.go
+++ b/core/types/bal/bal_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -28,6 +29,34 @@ import (
 	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 )
 
+func equalBALs(a *BlockAccessList, b *BlockAccessList) bool {
+	if len(a.Accounts) != len(b.Accounts) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for addr, aaA := range a.Accounts {
+		aaB, ok := b.Accounts[addr]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(aaA.StorageWrites, aaB.StorageWrites) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(aaA.StorageReads, aaB.StorageReads) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(aaA.BalanceChanges, aaB.BalanceChanges) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(aaA.NonceChanges, aaB.NonceChanges) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(aaA.CodeChange, aaB.CodeChange) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func makeTestBAL() *BlockAccessList {
 	return &BlockAccessList{
 		map[common.Address]*AccountAccess{
@@ -97,6 +126,29 @@ func TestBALEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 	if dec.Hash() != bal.Hash() {
 		t.Fatalf("encoded block hash doesn't match decoded")
 	}
+	if !equalBALs(bal, &dec) {
+		t.Fatal("decoded BAL doesn't match")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBALEncoding tests that a populated access list can be encoded/decoded correctly.
+func TestBALFullRLPEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	bal := makeTestBAL()
+	err := bal.EncodeFullRLP(&buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encoding failed: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	var dec BlockAccessList
+	if err := dec.DecodeFullRLP(rlp.NewStream(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes()), 10000000)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decoding failed: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	if dec.Hash() != bal.Hash() {
+		t.Fatalf("encoded block hash doesn't match decoded")
+	}
+	if !equalBALs(bal, &dec) {
+		t.Fatal("decoded BAL doesn't match")
+	}
 }
 
 // TestBALDecoding tests that a mainnet BAL produced by https://github.com/nerolation/eth-bal-analysis
@@ -120,3 +172,28 @@ func TestBALDecoding(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+
+func TestBALEncodeSizeDifference(t *testing.T) {
+	filepath.WalkDir("testdata/ssz", func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if d.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		var b BlockAccessList
+		if err := b.decodeSSZ(data); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		if err := b.EncodeFullRLP(&buf); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("SSZ: %v, RLP: %v\n", common.StorageSize(len(data)), common.StorageSize(buf.Len()))
+		return nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/core/types/testdata/22615532_block_access_list_with_reads_eip7928.ssz b/core/types/testdata/22615532_block_access_list_with_reads_eip7928.ssz
deleted file mode 100644
index a3f23822a8..0000000000
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