From 83179cedcb6b8fa8878f13d9963995e9d80c922d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danno Ferrin <danno@numisight.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:38:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update EXTCALL creation detection

Update the EXTCALL account creation detection to match legacy call
detection.

Signed-off-by: Danno Ferrin <danno@numisight.com>
---
 .../besu/evm/operation/AbstractExtCallOperation.java            | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/operation/AbstractExtCallOperation.java b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/operation/AbstractExtCallOperation.java
index 5f6c70eb668..2c80007c769 100644
--- a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/operation/AbstractExtCallOperation.java
+++ b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/operation/AbstractExtCallOperation.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public OperationResult execute(final MessageFrame frame, final EVM evm) {
       }
     }
 
-    boolean accountCreation = contract == null && !zeroValue;
+    boolean accountCreation = (contract == null || contract.isEmpty()) && !zeroValue;
     long cost =
         clampedAdd(
             clampedAdd(