diff --git a/cmd/evm/main.go b/cmd/evm/main.go
index 4c6059794..5eb753fa8 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/main.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	db, _ := ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
 	statedb := state.New(common.Hash{}, db)
-	sender := statedb.NewStateObject(common.StringToAddress("sender"))
-	receiver := statedb.NewStateObject(common.StringToAddress("receiver"))
+	sender := statedb.CreateAccount(common.StringToAddress("sender"))
+	receiver := statedb.CreateAccount(common.StringToAddress("receiver"))
 	receiver.SetCode(common.Hex2Bytes(*code))
 
 	vmenv := NewEnv(statedb, common.StringToAddress("evmuser"), common.Big(*value))
diff --git a/core/state/state_test.go b/core/state/state_test.go
index a3d3973de..da597d773 100644
--- a/core/state/state_test.go
+++ b/core/state/state_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestNull(t *testing.T) {
 	state := New(common.Hash{}, db)
 
 	address := common.HexToAddress("0x823140710bf13990e4500136726d8b55")
-	state.NewStateObject(address)
+	state.CreateAccount(address)
 	//value := common.FromHex("0x823140710bf13990e4500136726d8b55")
 	value := make([]byte, 16)
 	state.SetState(address, common.Hash{}, value)