diff --git a/app/ante/ante_test.go b/app/ante/ante_test.go
index c01bf1d5..a283cb7d 100644
--- a/app/ante/ante_test.go
+++ b/app/ante/ante_test.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestEthInvalidIntrinsicGas() {
 
 	tx, err := newTestEthTx(suite.ctx, ethMsg, priv1)
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
-	requireInvalidTx(suite.T(), suite.anteHandler, suite.ctx, tx, false)
+	requireInvalidTx(suite.T(), suite.anteHandler, suite.ctx.WithIsCheckTx(true), tx, false)
 }
 
 func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestEthInvalidMempoolFees() {
diff --git a/app/ante/eth.go b/app/ante/eth.go
index f5a18de9..156e134d 100644
--- a/app/ante/eth.go
+++ b/app/ante/eth.go
@@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ func (egcd EthGasConsumeDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simula
 
 	// Set gas meter after ante handler to ignore gaskv costs
 	newCtx = auth.SetGasMeter(simulate, ctx, gasLimit)
-	newCtx.GasMeter().ConsumeGas(gas, "eth intrinsic gas")
-
 	return next(newCtx, tx, simulate)
 }
 
diff --git a/x/evm/handler_test.go b/x/evm/handler_test.go
index 5cd5c6e9..9d1feae6 100644
--- a/x/evm/handler_test.go
+++ b/x/evm/handler_test.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (suite *EvmTestSuite) TestQueryTxLogs() {
 
 func (suite *EvmTestSuite) TestSendTransaction() {
 	gasLimit := uint64(21000)
-	gasPrice := big.NewInt(1)
+	gasPrice := big.NewInt(0x55ae82600)
 
 	priv, err := crypto.GenerateKey()
 	suite.Require().NoError(err, "failed to create key")
diff --git a/x/evm/types/statedb.go b/x/evm/types/statedb.go
index 9f78b1ce..4f3f745e 100644
--- a/x/evm/types/statedb.go
+++ b/x/evm/types/statedb.go
@@ -794,9 +794,9 @@ func (csdb *CommitStateDB) getStateObject(addr ethcmn.Address) (stateObject *sta
 	}
 
 	// otherwise, attempt to fetch the account from the account mapper
-	acc := csdb.accountKeeper.GetAccount(csdb.ctx, addr.Bytes())
+	acc := csdb.accountKeeper.GetAccount(csdb.ctx, sdk.AccAddress(addr.Bytes()))
 	if acc == nil {
-		csdb.setError(fmt.Errorf("no account found for address: %X", addr.Bytes()))
+		csdb.setError(fmt.Errorf("no account found for address: %s", addr.String()))
 		return nil
 	}