diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index bbd4eba339..20994d6cfe 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ type StateDB struct {
 	StorageUpdated atomic.Int64
 	AccountDeleted int
 	StorageDeleted atomic.Int64
+
+	// singlethreaded avoids creation of additional threads when set to true for compatibility with cannon.
+	singlethreaded bool
 }
 
 // New creates a new state from a given trie.
@@ -195,6 +198,10 @@ func New(root common.Hash, db Database, snaps *snapshot.Tree) (*StateDB, error)
 	return sdb, nil
 }
 
+func (s *StateDB) MakeSinglethreaded() {
+	s.singlethreaded = true
+}
+
 // SetLogger sets the logger for account update hooks.
 func (s *StateDB) SetLogger(l *tracing.Hooks) {
 	s.logger = l
@@ -852,7 +859,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects bool) common.Hash {
 	var (
 		start = time.Now()
 	)
-	workers := newWorkerGroup()
+	workers := newWorkerGroup(s.singlethreaded)
 	if s.db.TrieDB().IsVerkle() {
 		// Whilst MPT storage tries are independent, Verkle has one single trie
 		// for all the accounts and all the storage slots merged together. The
@@ -1227,7 +1234,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (*stateUpdate, error) {
 		start = time.Now()
 		root  common.Hash
 	)
-	workers := newWorkerGroup()
+	workers := newWorkerGroup(s.singlethreaded)
 	// Schedule the account trie first since that will be the biggest, so give
 	// it the most time to crunch.
 	//
diff --git a/core/state/workers.go b/core/state/workers.go
index d145cfe8a5..72b93cd7ad 100644
--- a/core/state/workers.go
+++ b/core/state/workers.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package state
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ type workerGroup interface {
 	Wait() error
 }
 
-func newWorkerGroup() workerGroup {
-	if runtime.NumCPU() <= 1 {
+func newWorkerGroup(singlethreaded bool) workerGroup {
+	if singlethreaded {
 		return &inlineWorkerGroup{}
 	} else {
 		var grp errgroup.Group