diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 1a5b5c343..a00598f82 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) rpcMarshalBlock(b *types.Block, inclTx bool, fullT
 
 // RPCTransaction represents a transaction that will serialize to the RPC representation of a transaction
 type RPCTransaction struct {
-	BlockHash        common.Hash     `json:"blockHash"`
+	BlockHash        *common.Hash    `json:"blockHash"`
 	BlockNumber      *hexutil.Big    `json:"blockNumber"`
 	From             common.Address  `json:"from"`
 	Gas              hexutil.Uint64  `json:"gas"`
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ type RPCTransaction struct {
 	Input            hexutil.Bytes   `json:"input"`
 	Nonce            hexutil.Uint64  `json:"nonce"`
 	To               *common.Address `json:"to"`
-	TransactionIndex hexutil.Uint    `json:"transactionIndex"`
+	TransactionIndex *hexutil.Uint64 `json:"transactionIndex"`
 	Value            *hexutil.Big    `json:"value"`
 	V                *hexutil.Big    `json:"v"`
 	R                *hexutil.Big    `json:"r"`
@@ -1083,9 +1083,9 @@ func newRPCTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, blockHash common.Hash, blockNumber
 		S:        (*hexutil.Big)(s),
 	}
 	if blockHash != (common.Hash{}) {
-		result.BlockHash = blockHash
+		result.BlockHash = &blockHash
 		result.BlockNumber = (*hexutil.Big)(new(big.Int).SetUint64(blockNumber))
-		result.TransactionIndex = hexutil.Uint(index)
+		result.TransactionIndex = (*hexutil.Uint64)(&index)
 	}
 	return result
 }