diff --git a/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner.go b/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner.go
index ce9d01b3a..9f7b7bb5f 100644
--- a/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner.go
+++ b/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const dsKeyActorNonce = "ActorNextNonce"
 var log = logging.Logger("messagesigner")
 
 type MpoolNonceAPI interface {
-	GetNonce(address.Address) (uint64, error)
+	GetNonce(context.Context, address.Address, types.TipSetKey) (uint64, error)
 }
 
 // MessageSigner keeps track of nonces per address, and increments the nonce
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (ms *MessageSigner) nextNonce(addr address.Address) (uint64, error) {
 	// that have mempool nonces, so first check the mempool for a nonce for
 	// this address. Note that the mempool returns the actor state's nonce
 	// by default.
-	nonce, err := ms.mpool.GetNonce(addr)
+	nonce, err := ms.mpool.GetNonce(context.TODO(), addr, types.EmptyTSK)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, xerrors.Errorf("failed to get nonce from mempool: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner_test.go b/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner_test.go
index 5eebd36da..7bba5b3e9 100644
--- a/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner_test.go
+++ b/chain/messagesigner/messagesigner_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (mp *mockMpool) setNonce(addr address.Address, nonce uint64) {
 	mp.nonces[addr] = nonce
 }
 
-func (mp *mockMpool) GetNonce(addr address.Address) (uint64, error) {
+func (mp *mockMpool) GetNonce(_ context.Context, addr address.Address, _ types.TipSetKey) (uint64, error) {
 	mp.lk.RLock()
 	defer mp.lk.RUnlock()
 
diff --git a/node/modules/mpoolnonceapi.go b/node/modules/mpoolnonceapi.go
index efcb14037..61b38e821 100644
--- a/node/modules/mpoolnonceapi.go
+++ b/node/modules/mpoolnonceapi.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package modules
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
@@ -19,41 +20,77 @@ import (
 type MpoolNonceAPI struct {
 	fx.In
 
-	StateAPI full.StateAPI
+	ChainModule full.ChainModuleAPI
+	StateModule full.StateModuleAPI
 }
 
 // GetNonce gets the nonce from current chain head.
-func (a *MpoolNonceAPI) GetNonce(addr address.Address) (uint64, error) {
-	ts := a.StateAPI.Chain.GetHeaviestTipSet()
+func (a *MpoolNonceAPI) GetNonce(ctx context.Context, addr address.Address, tsk types.TipSetKey) (uint64, error) {
+	var err error
+	var ts *types.TipSet
+	if tsk == types.EmptyTSK {
+		// we need consistent tsk
+		ts, err = a.ChainModule.ChainHead(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, xerrors.Errorf("getting head: %w", err)
+		}
+		tsk = ts.Key()
+	} else {
+		ts, err = a.ChainModule.ChainGetTipSet(ctx, tsk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, xerrors.Errorf("getting tipset: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
 
-	// make sure we have a key address so we can compare with messages
-	keyAddr, err := a.StateAPI.StateManager.ResolveToKeyAddress(context.TODO(), addr, ts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+	keyAddr := addr
+
+	if addr.Protocol() == address.ID {
+		// make sure we have a key address so we can compare with messages
+		keyAddr, err = a.StateModule.StateAccountKey(ctx, addr, tsk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, xerrors.Errorf("getting account key: %w", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		addr, err = a.StateModule.StateLookupID(ctx, addr, types.EmptyTSK)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Infof("failed to look up id addr for %s: %w", addr, err)
+			addr = address.Undef
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Load the last nonce from the state, if it exists.
 	highestNonce := uint64(0)
-	if baseActor, err := a.StateAPI.StateManager.LoadActorRaw(context.TODO(), addr, ts.ParentState()); err != nil {
-		if !xerrors.Is(err, types.ErrActorNotFound) {
-			return 0, err
+	act, err := a.StateModule.StateGetActor(ctx, keyAddr, ts.Key())
+	if err != nil {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), types.ErrActorNotFound.Error()) {
+			return 0, types.ErrActorNotFound
+		}
+		return 0, xerrors.Errorf("getting actor: %w", err)
+	}
+	highestNonce = act.Nonce
+
+	apply := func(msg *types.Message) {
+		if msg.From != addr && msg.From != keyAddr {
+			return
+		}
+		if msg.Nonce == highestNonce {
+			highestNonce = msg.Nonce + 1
 		}
-	} else {
-		highestNonce = baseActor.Nonce
 	}
 
-	// Otherwise, find the highest nonce in the tipset.
-	msgs, err := a.StateAPI.Chain.MessagesForTipset(ts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	for _, msg := range msgs {
-		vmmsg := msg.VMMessage()
-		if vmmsg.From != keyAddr {
-			continue
+	for _, b := range ts.Blocks() {
+		msgs, err := a.ChainModule.ChainGetBlockMessages(ctx, b.Cid())
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, xerrors.Errorf("getting block messages: %w", err)
 		}
-		if vmmsg.Nonce >= highestNonce {
-			highestNonce = vmmsg.Nonce + 1
+		if keyAddr.Protocol() == address.BLS {
+			for _, m := range msgs.BlsMessages {
+				apply(m)
+			}
+		} else {
+			for _, sm := range msgs.SecpkMessages {
+				apply(&sm.Message)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return highestNonce, nil