diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index a6bfdf617df..77fa625b411 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -663,6 +663,9 @@ func AccumulateRewards(config *chain.Config, header *types.Header, uncles []*typ
 
 // accumulateRewards retrieves rewards for a block and applies them to the coinbase accounts for miner and uncle miners
 func accumulateRewards(config *chain.Config, state *state.IntraBlockState, header *types.Header, uncles []*types.Header) {
+	if config.IsNormalcy(header.Number.Uint64()) {
+		return
+	}
 	minerReward, uncleRewards := AccumulateRewards(config, header, uncles)
 	for i, uncle := range uncles {
 		if i < len(uncleRewards) {
diff --git a/core/blockchain_zkevm.go b/core/blockchain_zkevm.go
index de39378f17b..10b61a2972a 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_zkevm.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_zkevm.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func ExecuteBlockEphemerallyZk(
 				receipts = append(receipts, receipt)
 			}
 		}
-		if !chainConfig.IsForkID7Etrog(block.NumberU64()) {
+		if !chainConfig.IsForkID7Etrog(block.NumberU64()) && !chainConfig.IsNormalcy(block.NumberU64()) {
 			if err := ibs.ScalableSetSmtRootHash(roHermezDb); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/core/state/intra_block_state_zkevm.go b/core/state/intra_block_state_zkevm.go
index 22a44c769ac..36eb275f270 100644
--- a/core/state/intra_block_state_zkevm.go
+++ b/core/state/intra_block_state_zkevm.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ func (sdb *IntraBlockState) GetTxCount() (uint64, error) {
 }
 
 func (sdb *IntraBlockState) PostExecuteStateSet(chainConfig *chain.Config, blockNum uint64, blockInfoRoot *libcommon.Hash) {
+	if chainConfig.IsNormalcy(blockNum) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	//ETROG
 	if chainConfig.IsForkID7Etrog(blockNum) {
 		sdb.scalableSetBlockInfoRoot(blockInfoRoot)
@@ -70,18 +74,20 @@ func (sdb *IntraBlockState) PreExecuteStateSet(chainConfig *chain.Config, blockN
 		sdb.CreateAccount(ADDRESS_SCALABLE_L2, true)
 	}
 
-	//save block number
-	sdb.scalableSetBlockNum(blockNumber)
+	if !chainConfig.IsNormalcy(blockNumber) {
+		//save block number
+		sdb.scalableSetBlockNum(blockNumber)
 
-	//ETROG
-	if chainConfig.IsForkID7Etrog(blockNumber) {
-		currentTimestamp := sdb.ScalableGetTimestamp()
-		if blockTimestamp > currentTimestamp {
-			sdb.ScalableSetTimestamp(blockTimestamp)
-		}
+		//ETROG
+		if chainConfig.IsForkID7Etrog(blockNumber) {
+			currentTimestamp := sdb.ScalableGetTimestamp()
+			if blockTimestamp > currentTimestamp {
+				sdb.ScalableSetTimestamp(blockTimestamp)
+			}
 
-		//save prev block hash
-		sdb.scalableSetBlockHash(blockNumber-1, stateRoot)
+			//save prev block hash
+			sdb.scalableSetBlockHash(blockNumber-1, stateRoot)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,18 +105,22 @@ func (sdb *IntraBlockState) SyncerPreExecuteStateSet(
 	}
 
 	//save block number
-	sdb.scalableSetBlockNum(blockNumber)
+	if !chainConfig.IsNormalcy(blockNumber) {
+		sdb.scalableSetBlockNum(blockNumber)
+	}
 	emptyHash := libcommon.Hash{}
 
 	//ETROG
 	if chainConfig.IsForkID7Etrog(blockNumber) {
-		currentTimestamp := sdb.ScalableGetTimestamp()
-		if blockTimestamp > currentTimestamp {
-			sdb.ScalableSetTimestamp(blockTimestamp)
-		}
+		if !chainConfig.IsNormalcy(blockNumber) {
+			currentTimestamp := sdb.ScalableGetTimestamp()
+			if blockTimestamp > currentTimestamp {
+				sdb.ScalableSetTimestamp(blockTimestamp)
+			}
 
-		//save prev block hash
-		sdb.scalableSetBlockHash(blockNumber-1, prevBlockHash)
+			//save prev block hash
+			sdb.scalableSetBlockHash(blockNumber-1, prevBlockHash)
+		}
 
 		//save ger with l1blockhash - but only in the case that the l1 info tree index hasn't been
 		// re-used.  If it has been re-used we never write this to the contract storage
diff --git a/smt/pkg/smt/entity_storage.go b/smt/pkg/smt/entity_storage.go
index 261b27103cd..f115359a0e6 100644
--- a/smt/pkg/smt/entity_storage.go
+++ b/smt/pkg/smt/entity_storage.go
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ func (s *SMT) SetContractStorage(ethAddr string, storage map[string]string, prog
 }
 
 func (s *SMT) SetStorage(ctx context.Context, logPrefix string, accChanges map[libcommon.Address]*accounts.Account, codeChanges map[libcommon.Address]string, storageChanges map[libcommon.Address]map[string]string) ([]*utils.NodeKey, []*utils.NodeValue8, error) {
+	if len(storageChanges) == 0 && len(accChanges) == 0 && len(codeChanges) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil, nil
+	}
+
 	var isDelete bool
 	var err error