diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/translator_vm/goblin_translator_composer.test.cpp b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/translator_vm/goblin_translator_composer.test.cpp
index 0bd890ccd34a..fb1c92167944 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/translator_vm/goblin_translator_composer.test.cpp
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/translator_vm/goblin_translator_composer.test.cpp
@@ -49,12 +49,24 @@ TEST_F(GoblinTranslatorComposerTests, Basic)
     using Fr = fr;
     using Fq = fq;
 
+    // Add an element and scalar the accumulation of which leaves no Point-at-Infinity commitments
+    const auto x = uint256_t(0xd3c208c16d87cfd3, 0xd97816a916871ca8, 0x9b85045b68181585, 0x30644e72e131a02);
+    const auto y = uint256_t(0x3ce1cc9c7e645a83, 0x2edac647851e3ac5, 0xd0cbe61fced2bc53, 0x1a76dae6d3272396);
+    auto padding_element = G1(x, y);
+    auto padding_scalar = -Fr::one();
+
     auto P1 = G1::random_element();
     auto P2 = G1::random_element();
     auto z = Fr::random_element();
 
     // Add the same operations to the ECC op queue; the native computation is performed under the hood.
     auto op_queue = std::make_shared<bb::ECCOpQueue>();
+
+    // Accumulate padding so that we don't produce Point-at-Infinity commitments. Currently our transcript can't handle
+    // them
+    op_queue->mul_accumulate(padding_element, padding_scalar);
+
+    // Push everything else
     for (size_t i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
         op_queue->add_accumulate(P1);
         op_queue->mul_accumulate(P2, z);