diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
index 522fcf846..d86266a66 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) emptyPendingBlock() {
 // stateByBlockNumber retrieves a state by a given blocknumber.
 func (b *SimulatedBackend) stateByBlockNumber(db kv.Tx, blockNumber *big.Int) *state.IntraBlockState {
 	if blockNumber == nil || blockNumber.Cmp(b.pendingBlock.Number()) == 0 {
-		return state.New(state.NewPlainState(db, b.pendingBlock.NumberU64()+1, nil))
-		//return state.New(b.m.NewHistoryStateReader(b.pendingBlock.NumberU64()+1, db))
+		//return state.New(state.NewPlainState(db, b.pendingBlock.NumberU64()+1, nil))
+		return state.New(b.m.NewHistoryStateReader(b.pendingBlock.NumberU64()+1, db))
 	}
-	return state.New(state.NewPlainState(db, blockNumber.Uint64()+1, nil))
-	//return state.New(b.m.NewHistoryStateReader(blockNumber.Uint64()+1, db))
+	//return state.New(state.NewPlainState(db, blockNumber.Uint64()+1, nil))
+	return state.New(b.m.NewHistoryStateReader(blockNumber.Uint64()+1, db))
 }
 
 // CodeAt returns the code associated with a certain account in the blockchain.
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
index 287f2a126..38afb19e9 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common/u256"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/rawdb"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/state"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/types"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/crypto"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/params"
@@ -147,8 +146,8 @@ func TestNewSimulatedBackend(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	//statedb := sim.stateByBlockNumber(tx, big.NewInt(int64(num+1)))
-	statedb := state.New(state.NewPlainState(tx, num+1, nil))
+	statedb := sim.stateByBlockNumber(tx, big.NewInt(int64(num+1)))
+	//statedb := state.New(state.NewPlainState(tx, num+1, nil))
 	bal := statedb.GetBalance(testAddr)
 	if !bal.Eq(expectedBal) {
 		t.Errorf("expected balance for test address not received. expected: %v actual: %v", expectedBal, bal)