diff --git a/core/state/journal.go b/core/state/journal.go
index ad0ed07951c5..7b3faba6567f 100644
--- a/core/state/journal.go
+++ b/core/state/journal.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ type (
 		account *common.Address
 	}
 	resetObjectChange struct {
+		account      *common.Address
 		prev         *stateObject
 		prevdestruct bool
 	}
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ func (ch resetObjectChange) revert(s *StateDB) {
 }
 
 func (ch resetObjectChange) dirtied() *common.Address {
-	return nil
+	return ch.account
 }
 
 func (ch selfDestructChange) revert(s *StateDB) {
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 1fbadbf0c1a7..b5a76d00e967 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -577,19 +577,15 @@ func (s *StateDB) GetOrNewStateObject(addr common.Address) *stateObject {
 // the given address, it is overwritten and returned as the second return value.
 func (s *StateDB) createObject(addr common.Address) (newobj, prev *stateObject) {
 	prev = s.getDeletedStateObject(addr) // Note, prev might have been deleted, we need that!
-
-	var prevdestruct bool
-	if prev != nil {
-		_, prevdestruct = s.stateObjectsDestruct[prev.address]
-		if !prevdestruct {
-			s.stateObjectsDestruct[prev.address] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	}
 	newobj = newObject(s, addr, types.StateAccount{})
 	if prev == nil {
 		s.journal.append(createObjectChange{account: &addr})
 	} else {
-		s.journal.append(resetObjectChange{prev: prev, prevdestruct: prevdestruct})
+		_, prevdestruct := s.stateObjectsDestruct[prev.address]
+		if !prevdestruct {
+			s.stateObjectsDestruct[prev.address] = struct{}{}
+		}
+		s.journal.append(resetObjectChange{account: &addr, prev: prev, prevdestruct: prevdestruct})
 	}
 
 	newobj.created = true