diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 5946683bc0..e90d3a5d05 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (s *stateObject) getTrie() (Trie, error) {
 func (s *stateObject) getPrefetchedTrie() Trie {
 	// If there's nothing to meaningfully return, let the user figure it out by
 	// pulling the trie from disk.
-	if s.data.Root == types.EmptyRootHash || s.db.prefetcher == nil {
+	if (s.data.Root == types.EmptyRootHash && !s.db.db.TrieDB().IsVerkle()) || s.db.prefetcher == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Attempt to retrieve the trie from the prefetcher