diff --git a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/UpdateTrackingAccount.java b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/UpdateTrackingAccount.java
index f571ff2ff03..9f065aee98b 100644
--- a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/UpdateTrackingAccount.java
+++ b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/UpdateTrackingAccount.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ public A getWrappedAccount() {
   public void setWrappedAccount(final A account) {
     if (this.account == null) {
       this.account = account;
-      storageWasCleared = false;
     } else {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Already tracking a wrapped account");
     }
diff --git a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/WorldUpdater.java b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/WorldUpdater.java
index 2fb3f6d422f..16909774604 100644
--- a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/WorldUpdater.java
+++ b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/worldstate/WorldUpdater.java
@@ -75,8 +75,29 @@ default MutableAccount createAccount(final Address address) {
    *     #createAccount(Address)} (and thus all his fields will be zero/empty).
    */
   default MutableAccount getOrCreate(final Address address) {
-    final MutableAccount account = getAccount(address);
-    return account == null ? createAccount(address) : account;
+    MutableAccount account = getAccount(address);
+    if (account == null) {
+      account = createAccount(address);
+      if (parentUpdater().isPresent() && parentUpdater().get().isDeleted(address)) {
+        account.clearStorage();
+        account.setCode(Bytes.EMPTY);
+      }
+    }
+    return account;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check this and parent updaters to see if an address has been deleted since the last persist
+   *
+   * @param address address to check
+   * @return true if any updaters have marked the address as deleted.
+   */
+  default boolean isDeleted(final Address address) {
+    if (getDeletedAccountAddresses().contains(address)) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return parentUpdater().map(wu -> wu.isDeleted(address)).orElse(false);
+    }
   }
 
   /**