diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 8af0f2f2e665..71d3a678c66a 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -365,15 +365,15 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 			}
 			s.db.StorageDeleted += 1
 		} else {
-			// Encoding []byte cannot fail, ok to ignore the error.
-			v, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes(common.TrimLeftZeroes(value[:]))
-
 			if !tr.IsVerkle() {
+				// Encoding []byte cannot fail, ok to ignore the error.
+				v, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes(common.TrimLeftZeroes(value[:]))
+
 				s.setError(tr.TryUpdate(key[:], v))
 			} else {
 				k := trieUtils.GetTreeKeyStorageSlot(s.address[:], new(uint256.Int).SetBytes(key[:]))
 				// Update the trie, with v as a value
-				s.setError(tr.TryUpdate(k, v))
+				s.setError(tr.TryUpdate(k, value[:]))
 			}
 			s.db.StorageUpdated += 1
 		}
diff --git a/miner/worker_test.go b/miner/worker_test.go
index 42a2bdbbf231..d7f107f7b1f7 100644
--- a/miner/worker_test.go
+++ b/miner/worker_test.go
@@ -191,6 +191,22 @@ func (b *testWorkerBackend) newRandomUncle() *types.Block {
 	return blocks[0]
 }
 
+func (b *testWorkerBackend) newRandomVerkleUncle() *types.Block {
+	var parent *types.Block
+	cur := b.chain.CurrentBlock()
+	if cur.NumberU64() == 0 {
+		parent = b.chain.Genesis()
+	} else {
+		parent = b.chain.GetBlockByHash(b.chain.CurrentBlock().ParentHash())
+	}
+	blocks, _ := core.GenerateVerkleChain(b.chain.Config(), parent, b.chain.Engine(), b.db, 1, func(i int, gen *core.BlockGen) {
+		var addr = make([]byte, common.AddressLength)
+		rand.Read(addr)
+		gen.SetCoinbase(common.BytesToAddress(addr))
+	})
+	return blocks[0]
+}
+
 func (b *testWorkerBackend) newRandomTx(creation bool) *types.Transaction {
 	var tx *types.Transaction
 	gasPrice := big.NewInt(10 * params.InitialBaseFee)
@@ -306,11 +322,10 @@ func TestGenerateBlocksAndImportVerkle(t *testing.T) {
 	w.start()
 
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		// TODO this causes a failure, but shouldn't.  investigate.
-		//b.txPool.AddLocal(b.newRandomTx(true))
+		b.txPool.AddLocal(b.newRandomTx(true))
 		b.txPool.AddLocal(b.newRandomTx(false))
-		//w.postSideBlock(core.ChainSideEvent{Block: b.newRandomUncle()})
-		//w.postSideBlock(core.ChainSideEvent{Block: b.newRandomUncle()})
+		w.postSideBlock(core.ChainSideEvent{Block: b.newRandomVerkleUncle()})
+		w.postSideBlock(core.ChainSideEvent{Block: b.newRandomVerkleUncle()})
 
 		select {
 		case ev := <-sub.Chan():