diff --git a/.changeset/popular-rules-live.md b/.changeset/popular-rules-live.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d996a28dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-rules-live.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+Fixes a race condition with the Finalizer when clearing txs #bugfix
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go
index d76580907b3..95756790cf3 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go
@@ -1411,9 +1411,6 @@ func (o *evmTxStore) UpdateTxFatalErrorAndDeleteAttempts(ctx context.Context, et
 	var cancel context.CancelFunc
 	ctx, cancel = o.stopCh.Ctx(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
-	if etx.State != txmgr.TxInProgress && etx.State != txmgr.TxUnstarted && etx.State != txmgr.TxConfirmed {
-		return pkgerrors.Errorf("can only transition to fatal_error from in_progress, unstarted, or confirmed, transaction is currently %s", etx.State)
-	}
 	if !etx.Error.Valid {
 		return errors.New("expected error field to be set")
 	}
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/finalizer.go b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/finalizer.go
index b5fe5ae37e2..bc496202cd6 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/finalizer.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/finalizer.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func (f *evmFinalizer) ProcessOldTxsWithoutReceipts(ctx context.Context, oldTxID
 			"an external wallet has been used to send a transaction from account %s with nonce %s."+
 			" Please note that Chainlink requires exclusive ownership of it's private keys and sharing keys across multiple"+
 			" chainlink instances, or using the chainlink keys with an external wallet is NOT SUPPORTED and WILL lead to missed transactions",
-			oldTx.ID, head.BlockNumber(), latestFinalizedHead.BlockNumber(), oldTx.FromAddress, oldTx.Sequence.String()), "txID", oldTx.ID, "sequence", oldTx.Sequence.String(), "fromAddress", oldTx.FromAddress)
+			oldTx.ID, head.BlockNumber(), latestFinalizedHead.BlockNumber(), oldTx.FromAddress, oldTx.Sequence), "txID", oldTx.ID, "sequence", oldTx.Sequence, "fromAddress", oldTx.FromAddress)
 
 		// Signal pending tasks for these transactions as failed
 		// Store errors and continue to allow all transactions a chance to be signaled