diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index e551d23796..1a87a679a9 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -726,3 +726,5 @@ func (m Message) Gas() uint64               { return m.gasLimit }
 func (m Message) Nonce() uint64             { return m.nonce }
 func (m Message) Data() []byte              { return m.data }
 func (m Message) CheckNonce() bool          { return m.checkNonce }
+
+func (m *Message) SetNonce(nonce uint64) { m.nonce = nonce }
diff --git a/eth/api_tracer.go b/eth/api_tracer.go
index bddff0ccd3..b8c4661a91 100644
--- a/eth/api_tracer.go
+++ b/eth/api_tracer.go
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ func (api *PrivateDebugAPI) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block,
 		}
 		// Generate the next state snapshot fast without tracing
 		msg, _ := tx.AsMessage(signer, balacne, block.Number())
+		// Set nonce to fix issue #256
+		msg.SetNonce(statedb.GetNonce(*tx.From()))
 		vmctx := core.NewEVMContext(msg, block.Header(), api.eth.blockchain, nil)
 
 		vmenv := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, statedb, XDCxState, api.config, vm.Config{})