diff --git a/chain/vm/vm.go b/chain/vm/vm.go
index 49294e9cf..763708eca 100644
--- a/chain/vm/vm.go
+++ b/chain/vm/vm.go
@@ -607,16 +607,30 @@ func (vm *VM) transfer(from, to address.Address, amt types.BigInt) aerrors.Actor
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	fromId, err := vm.cstate.LookupID(from)
+	if err != nil {
+		return aerrors.Fatalf("transfer failed when resolving sender address: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	toId, err := vm.cstate.LookupID(to)
+	if err != nil {
+		return aerrors.Fatalf("transfer failed when resolving receiver address: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if fromId == toId {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if amt.LessThan(types.NewInt(0)) {
 		return aerrors.Newf(exitcode.SysErrForbidden, "attempted to transfer negative value: %s", amt)
 	}
 
-	f, err := vm.cstate.GetActor(from)
+	f, err := vm.cstate.GetActor(fromId)
 	if err != nil {
 		return aerrors.Fatalf("transfer failed when retrieving sender actor: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	t, err := vm.cstate.GetActor(to)
+	t, err := vm.cstate.GetActor(toId)
 	if err != nil {
 		return aerrors.Fatalf("transfer failed when retrieving receiver actor: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -626,11 +640,11 @@ func (vm *VM) transfer(from, to address.Address, amt types.BigInt) aerrors.Actor
 	}
 	depositFunds(t, amt)
 
-	if err := vm.cstate.SetActor(from, f); err != nil {
+	if err := vm.cstate.SetActor(fromId, f); err != nil {
 		return aerrors.Fatalf("transfer failed when setting receiver actor: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := vm.cstate.SetActor(to, t); err != nil {
+	if err := vm.cstate.SetActor(toId, t); err != nil {
 		return aerrors.Fatalf("transfer failed when setting sender actor: %s", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 192e14563..cb793325f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/drand/drand v0.9.2-0.20200529123141-6b138aefaef2
 	github.com/drand/kyber v1.0.2
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.8.0
-	github.com/filecoin-project/chain-validation v0.0.6-0.20200528194021-3ce40d696ae1
+	github.com/filecoin-project/chain-validation v0.0.6-0.20200528212128-d4578ae4f874
 	github.com/filecoin-project/filecoin-ffi v0.26.1-0.20200508175440-05b30afeb00d
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-address v0.0.2-0.20200504173055-8b6f2fb2b3ef
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-amt-ipld/v2 v2.0.1-0.20200424220931-6263827e49f2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 86cce5aa9..d5e36ae38 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.1 h1:3oxKN3wbHibqx897utPC2LTQU4J+IHWWJO+glkAkpFM=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.1/go.mod h1:1jcaCB/ufaK+sKp1NBhlGmpz41jOoPQ35bpF36t7BBo=
+github.com/GeertJohan/go.incremental v1.0.0 h1:7AH+pY1XUgQE4Y1HcXYaMqAI0m9yrFqo/jt0CW30vsg=
 github.com/GeertJohan/go.incremental v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6fAjUhbVuX1KcMD3c8TEgVUqmo4seqhv0i0kdATSkM0=
 github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice v1.0.0 h1:KkI6O9uMaQU3VEKaj01ulavtF7o1fWT7+pk/4voiMLQ=
 github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice v1.0.0/go.mod h1:eH6gbSOAUv07dQuZVnBmoDP8mgsM1rtixis4Tib9if0=
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5Kwzbycv
 github.com/fatih/color v1.8.0 h1:5bzFgL+oy7JITMTxUPJ00n7VxmYd/PdMp5mHFX40/RY=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.8.0/go.mod h1:3l45GVGkyrnYNl9HoIjnp2NnNWvh6hLAqD8yTfGjnw8=
 github.com/fd/go-nat v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BTBu/CKvMmOMUPkKVef1pngt2WFH/lg7E6yQnulfp6E=
-github.com/filecoin-project/chain-validation v0.0.6-0.20200528194021-3ce40d696ae1 h1:cJPPzINJq4oUbdC4gQyMrEzuSiJ95RKxyXsLn6UgfcI=
-github.com/filecoin-project/chain-validation v0.0.6-0.20200528194021-3ce40d696ae1/go.mod h1:aV5C4aX+kZwh5OlTHNCHxQ5vTnpTFKUuKiDTk9f/8Es=
+github.com/filecoin-project/chain-validation v0.0.6-0.20200528212128-d4578ae4f874 h1:NNzyoQjidcvvoARgaM6zo2jYXC0KwNQkaYuDiBFcAD4=
+github.com/filecoin-project/chain-validation v0.0.6-0.20200528212128-d4578ae4f874/go.mod h1:aV5C4aX+kZwh5OlTHNCHxQ5vTnpTFKUuKiDTk9f/8Es=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-address v0.0.0-20200107215422-da8eea2842b5/go.mod h1:SAOwJoakQ8EPjwNIsiakIQKsoKdkcbx8U3IapgCg9R0=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-address v0.0.2-0.20200218010043-eb9bb40ed5be/go.mod h1:SAOwJoakQ8EPjwNIsiakIQKsoKdkcbx8U3IapgCg9R0=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-address v0.0.2-0.20200504173055-8b6f2fb2b3ef h1:Wi5E+P1QfHP8IF27eUiTx5vYfqQZwfPxzq3oFEq8w8U=
@@ -539,6 +540,7 @@ github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.3/go.mod h1:5yspPrukOVuOLORacaBi858NqyClJPQxYZl
 github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4 h1:DRGOFReOMqqDNXwW70QkacFW0YN9QnwLV0Vqk+3oU0o=
 github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4/go.mod h1:5yspPrukOVuOLORacaBi858NqyClJPQxYZlqdZVfqY4=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v0.0.0-20141203071132-1679536dcc89/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
+github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0 h1:4IU2WS7AumrZ/40jfhf4QVDMsQwqA7VEHozFRrGARJA=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/joeshaw/multierror v0.0.0-20140124173710-69b34d4ec901 h1:rp+c0RAYOWj8l6qbCUTSiRLG/iKnW3K3/QfPPuSsBt4=
@@ -1134,7 +1136,9 @@ github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtX
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:SE9GqnLQmjVa0iPEY0f1w3ygNIYcIJ0OKPMoW2caLfQ=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0 h1:JTTnM6wKzdA0Jqodd966MVj4vWbbquZykeX1sKbe2C4=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:SE9GqnLQmjVa0iPEY0f1w3ygNIYcIJ0OKPMoW2caLfQ=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
+github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.0.1 h1:tY9CJiPnMXf1ERmG2EyK7gNUd+c6RKGD0IfU8WdUSz8=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
 github.com/wangjia184/sortedset v0.0.0-20160527075905-f5d03557ba30/go.mod h1:YkocrP2K2tcw938x9gCOmT5G5eCD6jsTz0SZuyAqwIE=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20180510122957-5ad1f5abf436/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=