diff --git a/core/vm/gen_structlog.go b/core/vm/gen_structlog.go
index ac1a9070c8..44da014de9 100644
--- a/core/vm/gen_structlog.go
+++ b/core/vm/gen_structlog.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (s StructLog) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		MemorySize    int                         `json:"memSize"`
 		Stack         []*math.HexOrDecimal256     `json:"stack"`
 		ReturnStack   []math.HexOrDecimal64       `json:"returnStack"`
-		ReturnData    []byte                      `json:"returnData"`
+		ReturnData    hexutil.Bytes               `json:"returnData"`
 		Storage       map[common.Hash]common.Hash `json:"-"`
 		Depth         int                         `json:"depth"`
 		RefundCounter uint64                      `json:"refund"`
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *StructLog) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		MemorySize    *int                        `json:"memSize"`
 		Stack         []*math.HexOrDecimal256     `json:"stack"`
 		ReturnStack   []math.HexOrDecimal64       `json:"returnStack"`
-		ReturnData    []byte                      `json:"returnData"`
+		ReturnData    *hexutil.Bytes              `json:"returnData"`
 		Storage       map[common.Hash]common.Hash `json:"-"`
 		Depth         *int                        `json:"depth"`
 		RefundCounter *uint64                     `json:"refund"`
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (s *StructLog) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if dec.ReturnData != nil {
-		s.ReturnData = dec.ReturnData
+		s.ReturnData = *dec.ReturnData
 	}
 	if dec.Storage != nil {
 		s.Storage = dec.Storage
diff --git a/core/vm/logger.go b/core/vm/logger.go
index 3b166b5d26..c07e7787ca 100644
--- a/core/vm/logger.go
+++ b/core/vm/logger.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type structLogMarshaling struct {
 	Gas         math.HexOrDecimal64
 	GasCost     math.HexOrDecimal64
 	Memory      hexutil.Bytes
+	ReturnData  hexutil.Bytes
 	OpName      string `json:"opName"` // adds call to OpName() in MarshalJSON
 	ErrorString string `json:"error"`  // adds call to ErrorString() in MarshalJSON
 }