diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
index 52613c93c..f8fc2ed79 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
@@ -280,14 +280,21 @@ func SpawnExecuteBlocksStage(s *StageState, tx ethdb.RwTx, toBlock uint64, quit
 				if err = s.Update(tx, stageProgress); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				if traceCursor != nil {
+					traceCursor.Close()
+				}
 				if err = tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-
 				tx, err = cfg.db.BeginRw(context.Background())
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				if cfg.writeCallTraces {
+					if traceCursor, err = tx.RwCursorDupSort(dbutils.CallTraceSet); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("%s: failed to create cursor for call traces: %v", logPrefix, err)
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			batch = ethdb.NewBatch(tx)
 		}
@@ -312,6 +319,9 @@ func SpawnExecuteBlocksStage(s *StageState, tx ethdb.RwTx, toBlock uint64, quit
 		}
 	}
 	if !useExternalTx {
+		if traceCursor != nil {
+			traceCursor.Close()
+		}
 		if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}