diff --git a/prdoc/pr_8881.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_8881.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ca0f09fab3a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_8881.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+title: '[pallet-revive] only record diff if value changed'
+doc:
+- audience: Runtime Dev
+  description: |-
+    Only record storage change in diff mode if the value differ from the initial one.
+    Previous implementation would report a diff for example when the old value was written again.
+
+    Updated tests in https://github.com/paritytech/evm-test-suite/pull/96
+crates:
+- name: pallet-revive
+  bump: patch
diff --git a/substrate/frame/revive/src/evm/tracing/prestate_tracing.rs b/substrate/frame/revive/src/evm/tracing/prestate_tracing.rs
index 542be0f2fcd6b..c0794458b846b 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/revive/src/evm/tracing/prestate_tracing.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/revive/src/evm/tracing/prestate_tracing.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ where
 	fn storage_write(&mut self, key: &Key, old_value: Option<Vec<u8>>, new_value: Option<&[u8]>) {
 		let key = Bytes::from(key.unhashed().to_vec());
 
-		self.trace
+		let old_value = self
+			.trace
 			.0
 			.entry(self.current_addr)
 			.or_default()
@@ -208,13 +209,19 @@ where
 			.entry(key.clone())
 			.or_insert_with(|| old_value.map(Into::into));
 
-		if self.config.diff_mode {
+		if !self.config.diff_mode {
+			return
+		}
+
+		if old_value.as_ref().map(|v| v.0.as_ref()) != new_value {
 			self.trace
 				.1
 				.entry(self.current_addr)
 				.or_default()
 				.storage
 				.insert(key, new_value.map(|v| v.to_vec().into()));
+		} else {
+			self.trace.1.entry(self.current_addr).or_default().storage.remove(&key);
 		}
 	}