diff --git a/core/state/access_witness.go b/core/state/access_witness.go
index 39a1d7674a77..54224b3cec3f 100644
--- a/core/state/access_witness.go
+++ b/core/state/access_witness.go
@@ -131,11 +131,8 @@ func (aw *AccessWitness) TouchTxOriginAndComputeGas(originAddr []byte) uint64 {
 }
 
 func (aw *AccessWitness) TouchTxExistingAndComputeGas(targetAddr []byte, sendsValue bool) uint64 {
-	aw.touchAddressAndChargeGas(targetAddr, zeroTreeIndex, utils.BasicDataLeafKey, false)
+	aw.touchAddressAndChargeGas(targetAddr, zeroTreeIndex, utils.BasicDataLeafKey, sendsValue)
 	aw.touchAddressAndChargeGas(targetAddr, zeroTreeIndex, utils.CodeHashLeafKey, false)
-	if sendsValue {
-		aw.touchAddressAndChargeGas(targetAddr, zeroTreeIndex, utils.BasicDataLeafKey, true)
-	}
 
 	// Kaustinen note: we're currently experimenting with stop chargin gas for the origin address
 	// so simple transfer still take 21000 gas. This is to potentially avoid breaking existing tooling.
diff --git a/trie/verkle.go b/trie/verkle.go
index ed34deebc3e2..7ba85f574c6f 100644
--- a/trie/verkle.go
+++ b/trie/verkle.go
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) GetAccount(addr common.Address) (*types.StateAccount, error
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	if len(values[utils.BasicDataLeafKey]) > 0 {
-		acc.Nonce = binary.BigEndian.Uint64(values[utils.BasicDataLeafKey][utils.BasicDataNonceOffset:])
-	}
-
 	// if the account has been deleted, then values[10] will be 0 and not nil. If it has
 	// been recreated after that, then its code keccak will NOT be 0. So return `nil` if
 	// the nonce, and values[10], and code keccak is 0.
@@ -142,6 +138,8 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) GetAccount(addr common.Address) (*types.StateAccount, error
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 	}
+
+	acc.Nonce = binary.BigEndian.Uint64(values[utils.BasicDataLeafKey][utils.BasicDataNonceOffset:])
 	var balance [16]byte
 	copy(balance[:], values[utils.BasicDataLeafKey][utils.BasicDataBalanceOffset:])
 	acc.Balance = new(big.Int).SetBytes(balance[:])