diff --git a/common/types.go b/common/types.go
index 218ca0be4c44..0b68a19dd319 100644
--- a/common/types.go
+++ b/common/types.go
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (ma *MixedcaseAddress) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON marshals the original value
-func (ma *MixedcaseAddress) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+func (ma MixedcaseAddress) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(ma.original, "0x") || strings.HasPrefix(ma.original, "0X") {
 		return json.Marshal(fmt.Sprintf("0x%s", ma.original[2:]))
 	}
diff --git a/common/types_test.go b/common/types_test.go
index 94492278d84a..88c642522d80 100644
--- a/common/types_test.go
+++ b/common/types_test.go
@@ -154,6 +154,31 @@ func BenchmarkAddressHex(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Test checks if the customized json marshaller of MixedcaseAddress object
+// is invoked correctly. In golang the struct pointer will inherit the
+// non-pointer receiver methods, the reverse is not true. In the case of
+// MixedcaseAddress, it must define the MarshalJSON method in the object
+// but not the pointer level, so that this customized marshalled can be used
+// for both MixedcaseAddress object and pointer.
+func TestMixedcaseAddressMarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		output string
+		input  = "0xae967917c465db8578ca9024c205720b1a3651A9"
+	)
+	addr, err := NewMixedcaseAddressFromString(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	blob, err := json.Marshal(*addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	json.Unmarshal(blob, &output)
+	if output != input {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to marshal/unmarshal MixedcaseAddress object")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMixedcaseAccount_Address(t *testing.T) {
 	// https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-55.md
 	// Note: 0X{checksum_addr} is not valid according to spec above
@@ -177,7 +202,7 @@ func TestMixedcaseAccount_Address(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	//These should throw exceptions:
+	// These should throw exceptions:
 	var r2 []MixedcaseAddress
 	for _, r := range []string{
 		`["0x11111111111111111111122222222222233333"]`,     // Too short