diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs
index 99b37a09d9d..b27171bdd9d 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs
@@ -645,7 +645,16 @@ where
         let (mut exec_witness, lowest_block_number) = self
             .eth_api()
             .spawn_with_state_at_block(block.parent_hash().into(), move |state_provider| {
-                let db = StateProviderDatabase::new(&state_provider);
+                let mut db = State::builder()
+                    .with_database(StateProviderDatabase::new(&state_provider))
+                    .build();
+                let evm_env = this
+                    .eth_api()
+                    .evm_config()
+                    .evm_env(block.header())
+                    .map_err(RethError::other)
+                    .map_err(Eth::Error::from_eth_err)?;
+
                 let block_executor = this.eth_api().evm_config().executor(db);
 
                 let mut witness_record = ExecutionWitnessRecord::default();