diff --git a/app/ante/ante.go b/app/ante/ante.go
index 9fcb12c7..68fe909b 100644
--- a/app/ante/ante.go
+++ b/app/ante/ante.go
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ func NewAnteHandler(
 						NewEthNonceVerificationDecorator(ak),
 						NewEthGasConsumeDecorator(ak, bankKeeper, evmKeeper),
 						NewCanTransferDecorator(evmKeeper),
-						NewAccessListDecorator(evmKeeper),
 						NewEthIncrementSenderSequenceDecorator(ak), // innermost AnteDecorator.
 					)
 
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/state_transition.go b/x/evm/keeper/state_transition.go
index 30b0e481..dcdeab3e 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/state_transition.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/state_transition.go
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ func (k *Keeper) ApplyMessage(evm *vm.EVM, msg core.Message, cfg *params.ChainCo
 	}
 	leftoverGas := msg.Gas() - intrinsicGas
 
+	// access list preparaion is moved from ante handler to here, because it's needed when `ApplyMessage` is called
+	// under contexts where ante handlers are not run, for example `eth_call` and `eth_estimateGas`.
+	if rules := cfg.Rules(big.NewInt(k.Ctx().BlockHeight())); rules.IsBerlin {
+		k.PrepareAccessList(msg.From(), msg.To(), vm.ActivePrecompiles(rules), msg.AccessList())
+	}
+
 	if contractCreation {
 		ret, _, leftoverGas, vmErr = evm.Create(sender, msg.Data(), leftoverGas, msg.Value())
 	} else {