diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 8ec76607700a..2f45da1a4e89 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ func (s *stateObject) finalise(prefetch bool) {
 	if len(s.dirtyStorage) > 0 {
 		s.dirtyStorage = make(Storage)
 	}
+	if len(s.transientStorage) > 0 {
+		s.transientStorage = make(Storage)
+	}
 }
 
 // updateTrie writes cached storage modifications into the object's storage trie.