diff --git a/core/state/database.go b/core/state/database.go
index 1a06e3340..e25d059c0 100644
--- a/core/state/database.go
+++ b/core/state/database.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type Trie interface {
 
 	// Commit writes all nodes to the trie's memory database, tracking the internal
 	// and external (for account tries) references.
-	Commit(onleaf trie.LeafCallback) (common.Hash, error)
+	Commit(onleaf trie.LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error)
 
 	// NodeIterator returns an iterator that returns nodes of the trie. Iteration
 	// starts at the key after the given start key.
diff --git a/core/state/metrics.go b/core/state/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b40ff37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/state/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package state
+
+import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
+
+var (
+	accountUpdatedMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/update/account", nil)
+	storageUpdatedMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/update/storage", nil)
+	accountDeletedMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/delete/account", nil)
+	storageDeletedMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/delete/storage", nil)
+	accountCommittedMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/commit/account", nil)
+	storageCommittedMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/commit/storage", nil)
+)
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/generate.go b/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
index 7e29e51b2..3e11b4ac6 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func (dl *diskLayer) generateRange(root common.Hash, prefix []byte, kind string,
 		for i, key := range result.keys {
 			snapTrie.Update(key, result.vals[i])
 		}
-		root, _ := snapTrie.Commit(nil)
+		root, _, _ := snapTrie.Commit(nil)
 		snapTrieDb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 	}
 	tr := result.tr
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/generate_test.go b/core/state/snapshot/generate_test.go
index a92517b31..582da6a2e 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/generate_test.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/generate_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 	acc = &Account{Balance: big.NewInt(3), Root: stTrie.Hash().Bytes(), CodeHash: emptyCode.Bytes()}
 	val, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes(acc)
 	accTrie.Update([]byte("acc-3"), val) // 0x50815097425d000edfc8b3a4a13e175fc2bdcfee8bdfbf2d1ff61041d3c235b2
-	root, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)       // Root: 0xe3712f1a226f3782caca78ca770ccc19ee000552813a9f59d479f8611db9b1fd
+	root, _, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)    // Root: 0xe3712f1a226f3782caca78ca770ccc19ee000552813a9f59d479f8611db9b1fd
 	triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 
 	if have, want := root, common.HexToHash("0xe3712f1a226f3782caca78ca770ccc19ee000552813a9f59d479f8611db9b1fd"); have != want {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestGenerateExistentState(t *testing.T) {
 	rawdb.WriteStorageSnapshot(diskdb, hashData([]byte("acc-3")), hashData([]byte("key-2")), []byte("val-2"))
 	rawdb.WriteStorageSnapshot(diskdb, hashData([]byte("acc-3")), hashData([]byte("key-3")), []byte("val-3"))
 
-	root, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil) // Root: 0xe3712f1a226f3782caca78ca770ccc19ee000552813a9f59d479f8611db9b1fd
+	root, _, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil) // Root: 0xe3712f1a226f3782caca78ca770ccc19ee000552813a9f59d479f8611db9b1fd
 	triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 
 	snap := generateSnapshot(diskdb, triedb, 16, root)
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ func (t *testHelper) makeStorageTrie(keys []string, vals []string) []byte {
 	for i, k := range keys {
 		stTrie.Update([]byte(k), []byte(vals[i]))
 	}
-	root, _ := stTrie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := stTrie.Commit(nil)
 	return root.Bytes()
 }
 
 func (t *testHelper) Generate() (common.Hash, *diskLayer) {
-	root, _ := t.accTrie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := t.accTrie.Commit(nil)
 	t.triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 	snap := generateSnapshot(t.diskdb, t.triedb, 16, root)
 	return root, snap
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func TestGenerateWithExtraAccounts(t *testing.T) {
 		rawdb.WriteStorageSnapshot(diskdb, key, hashData([]byte("b-key-2")), []byte("b-val-2"))
 		rawdb.WriteStorageSnapshot(diskdb, key, hashData([]byte("b-key-3")), []byte("b-val-3"))
 	}
-	root, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
 	t.Logf("root: %x", root)
 	triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 	// To verify the test: If we now inspect the snap db, there should exist extraneous storage items
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ func TestGenerateWithManyExtraAccounts(t *testing.T) {
 			rawdb.WriteAccountSnapshot(diskdb, key, val)
 		}
 	}
-	root, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
 	t.Logf("root: %x", root)
 	triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ func TestGenerateWithExtraBeforeAndAfter(t *testing.T) {
 		rawdb.WriteAccountSnapshot(diskdb, common.HexToHash("0x07"), val)
 	}
 
-	root, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
 	t.Logf("root: %x", root)
 	triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ func TestGenerateWithMalformedSnapdata(t *testing.T) {
 		rawdb.WriteAccountSnapshot(diskdb, common.HexToHash("0x05"), junk)
 	}
 
-	root, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := accTrie.Commit(nil)
 	t.Logf("root: %x", root)
 	triedb.Commit(root, false, nil)
 
diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 38621ffb6..7b366d64c 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (s *stateObject) finalise(prefetch bool) {
 // It will return nil if the trie has not been loaded and no changes have been made
 func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 	// Make sure all dirty slots are finalized into the pending storage area
-	s.finalise(false) // Don't prefetch any more, pull directly if need be
+	s.finalise(false) // Don't prefetch anymore, pull directly if need be
 	if len(s.pendingStorage) == 0 {
 		return s.trie
 	}
@@ -354,10 +354,12 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 		var v []byte
 		if (value == common.Hash{}) {
 			s.setError(tr.TryDelete(key[:]))
+			s.db.StorageDeleted += 1
 		} else {
 			// Encoding []byte cannot fail, ok to ignore the error.
 			v, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes(common.TrimLeftZeroes(value[:]))
 			s.setError(tr.TryUpdate(key[:], v))
+			s.db.StorageUpdated += 1
 		}
 		// If state snapshotting is active, cache the data til commit
 		if s.db.snap != nil {
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateTrie(db Database) Trie {
 					s.db.snapStorage[s.addrHash] = storage
 				}
 			}
-			storage[crypto.HashData(hasher, key[:])] = v // v will be nil if value is 0x00
+			storage[crypto.HashData(hasher, key[:])] = v // v will be nil if it's deleted
 		}
 		usedStorage = append(usedStorage, common.CopyBytes(key[:])) // Copy needed for closure
 	}
@@ -396,23 +398,23 @@ func (s *stateObject) updateRoot(db Database) {
 
 // CommitTrie the storage trie of the object to db.
 // This updates the trie root.
-func (s *stateObject) CommitTrie(db Database) error {
+func (s *stateObject) CommitTrie(db Database) (int, error) {
 	// If nothing changed, don't bother with hashing anything
 	if s.updateTrie(db) == nil {
-		return nil
+		return 0, nil
 	}
 	if s.dbErr != nil {
-		return s.dbErr
+		return 0, s.dbErr
 	}
 	// Track the amount of time wasted on committing the storage trie
 	if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
 		defer func(start time.Time) { s.db.StorageCommits += time.Since(start) }(time.Now())
 	}
-	root, err := s.trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, committed, err := s.trie.Commit(nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		s.data.Root = root
 	}
-	return err
+	return committed, err
 }
 
 // AddBalance adds amount to s's balance.
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 61f0f5b9f..a6d47179b 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ type StateDB struct {
 	SnapshotAccountReads time.Duration
 	SnapshotStorageReads time.Duration
 	SnapshotCommits      time.Duration
+
+	AccountUpdated int
+	StorageUpdated int
+	AccountDeleted int
+	StorageDeleted int
 }
 
 // New creates a new state from a given trie.
@@ -860,8 +865,10 @@ func (s *StateDB) IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects bool) common.Hash {
 	for addr := range s.stateObjectsPending {
 		if obj := s.stateObjects[addr]; obj.deleted {
 			s.deleteStateObject(obj)
+			s.AccountDeleted += 1
 		} else {
 			s.updateStateObject(obj)
+			s.AccountUpdated += 1
 		}
 		usedAddrs = append(usedAddrs, common.CopyBytes(addr[:])) // Copy needed for closure
 	}
@@ -903,6 +910,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) Commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (common.Hash, error) {
 	s.IntermediateRoot(deleteEmptyObjects)
 
 	// Commit objects to the trie, measuring the elapsed time
+	var storageCommitted int
 	codeWriter := s.db.TrieDB().DiskDB().NewBatch()
 	for addr := range s.stateObjectsDirty {
 		if obj := s.stateObjects[addr]; !obj.deleted {
@@ -912,9 +920,11 @@ func (s *StateDB) Commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (common.Hash, error) {
 				obj.dirtyCode = false
 			}
 			// Write any storage changes in the state object to its storage trie
-			if err := obj.CommitTrie(s.db); err != nil {
+			committed, err := obj.CommitTrie(s.db)
+			if err != nil {
 				return common.Hash{}, err
 			}
+			storageCommitted += committed
 		}
 	}
 	if len(s.stateObjectsDirty) > 0 {
@@ -933,7 +943,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) Commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (common.Hash, error) {
 	// The onleaf func is called _serially_, so we can reuse the same account
 	// for unmarshalling every time.
 	var account Account
-	root, err := s.trie.Commit(func(_ [][]byte, _ []byte, leaf []byte, parent common.Hash) error {
+	root, accountCommitted, err := s.trie.Commit(func(_ [][]byte, _ []byte, leaf []byte, parent common.Hash) error {
 		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(leaf, &account); err != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -942,8 +952,20 @@ func (s *StateDB) Commit(deleteEmptyObjects bool) (common.Hash, error) {
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.Hash{}, err
+	}
 	if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
 		s.AccountCommits += time.Since(start)
+
+		accountUpdatedMeter.Mark(int64(s.AccountUpdated))
+		storageUpdatedMeter.Mark(int64(s.StorageUpdated))
+		accountDeletedMeter.Mark(int64(s.AccountDeleted))
+		storageDeletedMeter.Mark(int64(s.StorageDeleted))
+		accountCommittedMeter.Mark(int64(accountCommitted))
+		storageCommittedMeter.Mark(int64(storageCommitted))
+		s.AccountUpdated, s.AccountDeleted = 0, 0
+		s.StorageUpdated, s.StorageDeleted = 0, 0
 	}
 	// If snapshotting is enabled, update the snapshot tree with this new version
 	if s.snap != nil {
diff --git a/light/postprocess.go b/light/postprocess.go
index 891c8a586..ce38d091e 100644
--- a/light/postprocess.go
+++ b/light/postprocess.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (c *ChtIndexerBackend) Process(ctx context.Context, header *types.Header) e
 
 // Commit implements core.ChainIndexerBackend
 func (c *ChtIndexerBackend) Commit() error {
-	root, err := c.trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, err := c.trie.Commit(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func (b *BloomTrieIndexerBackend) Commit() error {
 			b.trie.Delete(encKey[:])
 		}
 	}
-	root, err := b.trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, err := b.trie.Commit(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/light/trie.go b/light/trie.go
index 0516b9448..39e928bbe 100644
--- a/light/trie.go
+++ b/light/trie.go
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ func (t *odrTrie) TryDelete(key []byte) error {
 	})
 }
 
-func (t *odrTrie) Commit(onleaf trie.LeafCallback) (common.Hash, error) {
+func (t *odrTrie) Commit(onleaf trie.LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
 	if t.trie == nil {
-		return t.id.Root, nil
+		return t.id.Root, 0, nil
 	}
 	return t.trie.Commit(onleaf)
 }
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/trie_fuzzer.go b/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/trie_fuzzer.go
index 5cea7769c..e73ef4851 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/trie_fuzzer.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/stacktrie/trie_fuzzer.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (f *fuzzer) fuzz() int {
 		return 0
 	}
 	// Flush trie -> database
-	rootA, err := trieA.Commit(nil)
+	rootA, _, err := trieA.Commit(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/trie/trie-fuzzer.go b/tests/fuzzers/trie/trie-fuzzer.go
index d0b614c9a..e993af47c 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/trie/trie-fuzzer.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/trie/trie-fuzzer.go
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ func runRandTest(rt randTest) error {
 				rt[i].err = fmt.Errorf("mismatch for key 0x%x, got 0x%x want 0x%x", step.key, v, want)
 			}
 		case opCommit:
-			_, rt[i].err = tr.Commit(nil)
+			_, _, rt[i].err = tr.Commit(nil)
 		case opHash:
 			tr.Hash()
 		case opReset:
-			hash, err := tr.Commit(nil)
+			hash, _, err := tr.Commit(nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/trie/committer.go b/trie/committer.go
index ce4065f5f..0721990a2 100644
--- a/trie/committer.go
+++ b/trie/committer.go
@@ -72,24 +72,24 @@ func returnCommitterToPool(h *committer) {
 	committerPool.Put(h)
 }
 
-// commit collapses a node down into a hash node and inserts it into the database
-func (c *committer) Commit(n node, db *Database) (hashNode, error) {
+// Commit collapses a node down into a hash node and inserts it into the database
+func (c *committer) Commit(n node, db *Database) (hashNode, int, error) {
 	if db == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("no db provided")
+		return nil, 0, errors.New("no db provided")
 	}
-	h, err := c.commit(n, db)
+	h, committed, err := c.commit(n, db)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, 0, err
 	}
-	return h.(hashNode), nil
+	return h.(hashNode), committed, nil
 }
 
 // commit collapses a node down into a hash node and inserts it into the database
-func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database) (node, error) {
+func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database) (node, int, error) {
 	// if this path is clean, use available cached data
 	hash, dirty := n.cache()
 	if hash != nil && !dirty {
-		return hash, nil
+		return hash, 0, nil
 	}
 	// Commit children, then parent, and remove remove the dirty flag.
 	switch cn := n.(type) {
@@ -97,37 +97,38 @@ func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database) (node, error) {
 		// Commit child
 		collapsed := cn.copy()
 
-		// If the child is fullnode, recursively commit.
-		// Otherwise it can only be hashNode or valueNode.
+		// If the child is fullNode, recursively commit,
+		// otherwise it can only be hashNode or valueNode.
+		var childCommitted int
 		if _, ok := cn.Val.(*fullNode); ok {
-			childV, err := c.commit(cn.Val, db)
+			childV, committed, err := c.commit(cn.Val, db)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+				return nil, 0, err
 			}
-			collapsed.Val = childV
+			collapsed.Val, childCommitted = childV, committed
 		}
 		// The key needs to be copied, since we're delivering it to database
 		collapsed.Key = hexToCompact(cn.Key)
 		hashedNode := c.store(collapsed, db)
 		if hn, ok := hashedNode.(hashNode); ok {
-			return hn, nil
+			return hn, childCommitted + 1, nil
 		}
-		return collapsed, nil
+		return collapsed, childCommitted, nil
 	case *fullNode:
-		hashedKids, err := c.commitChildren(cn, db)
+		hashedKids, childCommitted, err := c.commitChildren(cn, db)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
 		}
 		collapsed := cn.copy()
 		collapsed.Children = hashedKids
 
 		hashedNode := c.store(collapsed, db)
 		if hn, ok := hashedNode.(hashNode); ok {
-			return hn, nil
+			return hn, childCommitted + 1, nil
 		}
-		return collapsed, nil
+		return collapsed, childCommitted, nil
 	case hashNode:
-		return cn, nil
+		return cn, 0, nil
 	default:
 		// nil, valuenode shouldn't be committed
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%T: invalid node: %v", n, n))
@@ -135,8 +136,11 @@ func (c *committer) commit(n node, db *Database) (node, error) {
 }
 
 // commitChildren commits the children of the given fullnode
-func (c *committer) commitChildren(n *fullNode, db *Database) ([17]node, error) {
-	var children [17]node
+func (c *committer) commitChildren(n *fullNode, db *Database) ([17]node, int, error) {
+	var (
+		committed int
+		children  [17]node
+	)
 	for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
 		child := n.Children[i]
 		if child == nil {
@@ -144,25 +148,26 @@ func (c *committer) commitChildren(n *fullNode, db *Database) ([17]node, error)
 		}
 		// If it's the hashed child, save the hash value directly.
 		// Note: it's impossible that the child in range [0, 15]
-		// is a valuenode.
+		// is a valueNode.
 		if hn, ok := child.(hashNode); ok {
 			children[i] = hn
 			continue
 		}
 		// Commit the child recursively and store the "hashed" value.
 		// Note the returned node can be some embedded nodes, so it's
-		// possible the type is not hashnode.
-		hashed, err := c.commit(child, db)
+		// possible the type is not hashNode.
+		hashed, childCommitted, err := c.commit(child, db)
 		if err != nil {
-			return children, err
+			return children, 0, err
 		}
 		children[i] = hashed
+		committed += childCommitted
 	}
 	// For the 17th child, it's possible the type is valuenode.
 	if n.Children[16] != nil {
 		children[16] = n.Children[16]
 	}
-	return children, nil
+	return children, committed, nil
 }
 
 // store hashes the node n and if we have a storage layer specified, it writes
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ func (c *committer) store(n node, db *Database) node {
 	)
 	if hash == nil {
 		// This was not generated - must be a small node stored in the parent.
-		// In theory we should apply the leafCall here if it's not nil(embedded
+		// In theory, we should apply the leafCall here if it's not nil(embedded
 		// node usually contains value). But small value(less than 32bytes) is
 		// not our target.
 		return n
@@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ func (c *committer) commitLoop(db *Database) {
 				}
 			case *fullNode:
 				// For children in range [0, 15], it's impossible
-				// to contain valuenode. Only check the 17th child.
+				// to contain valueNode. Only check the 17th child.
 				if n.Children[16] != nil {
 					c.onleaf(nil, nil, n.Children[16].(valueNode), hash)
 				}
diff --git a/trie/iterator_test.go b/trie/iterator_test.go
index 2518f7bac..95cafdd3b 100644
--- a/trie/iterator_test.go
+++ b/trie/iterator_test.go
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func testIteratorContinueAfterSeekError(t *testing.T, memonly bool) {
 	for _, val := range testdata1 {
 		ctr.Update([]byte(val.k), []byte(val.v))
 	}
-	root, _ := ctr.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := ctr.Commit(nil)
 	if !memonly {
 		triedb.Commit(root, true, nil)
 	}
diff --git a/trie/secure_trie.go b/trie/secure_trie.go
index e38471c1b..4d0050bc5 100644
--- a/trie/secure_trie.go
+++ b/trie/secure_trie.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (t *SecureTrie) GetKey(shaKey []byte) []byte {
 //
 // Committing flushes nodes from memory. Subsequent Get calls will load nodes
 // from the database.
-func (t *SecureTrie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (root common.Hash, err error) {
+func (t *SecureTrie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
 	// Write all the pre-images to the actual disk database
 	if len(t.getSecKeyCache()) > 0 {
 		if t.trie.db.preimages != nil { // Ugly direct check but avoids the below write lock
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index e492a532c..7ea7efa83 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -514,12 +514,12 @@ func (t *Trie) Hash() common.Hash {
 
 // Commit writes all nodes to the trie's memory database, tracking the internal
 // and external (for account tries) references.
-func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (root common.Hash, err error) {
+func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (common.Hash, int, error) {
 	if t.db == nil {
 		panic("commit called on trie with nil database")
 	}
 	if t.root == nil {
-		return emptyRoot, nil
+		return emptyRoot, 0, nil
 	}
 	// Derive the hash for all dirty nodes first. We hold the assumption
 	// in the following procedure that all nodes are hashed.
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (root common.Hash, err error) {
 	// up goroutines. This can happen e.g. if we load a trie for reading storage
 	// values, but don't write to it.
 	if _, dirty := t.root.cache(); !dirty {
-		return rootHash, nil
+		return rootHash, 0, nil
 	}
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	if onleaf != nil {
@@ -543,8 +543,7 @@ func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (root common.Hash, err error) {
 			h.commitLoop(t.db)
 		}()
 	}
-	var newRoot hashNode
-	newRoot, err = h.Commit(t.root, t.db)
+	newRoot, committed, err := h.Commit(t.root, t.db)
 	if onleaf != nil {
 		// The leafch is created in newCommitter if there was an onleaf callback
 		// provided. The commitLoop only _reads_ from it, and the commit
@@ -554,10 +553,10 @@ func (t *Trie) Commit(onleaf LeafCallback) (root common.Hash, err error) {
 		wg.Wait()
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return common.Hash{}, err
+		return common.Hash{}, 0, err
 	}
 	t.root = newRoot
-	return rootHash, nil
+	return rootHash, committed, nil
 }
 
 // hashRoot calculates the root hash of the given trie
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index 492b423c2..ae1871e42 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func testMissingNode(t *testing.T, memonly bool) {
 	trie, _ := New(common.Hash{}, triedb)
 	updateString(trie, "120000", "qwerqwerqwerqwerqwerqwerqwerqwer")
 	updateString(trie, "123456", "asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf")
-	root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
 	if !memonly {
 		triedb.Commit(root, true, nil)
 	}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func TestInsert(t *testing.T) {
 	updateString(trie, "A", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
 
 	exp = common.HexToHash("d23786fb4a010da3ce639d66d5e904a11dbc02746d1ce25029e53290cabf28ab")
-	root, err := trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, err := trie.Commit(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("commit error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func TestReplication(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, val := range vals {
 		updateString(trie, val.k, val.v)
 	}
-	exp, err := trie.Commit(nil)
+	exp, _, err := trie.Commit(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("commit error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestReplication(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("trie2 doesn't have %q => %q", kv.k, kv.v)
 		}
 	}
-	hash, err := trie2.Commit(nil)
+	hash, _, err := trie2.Commit(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("commit error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@ func runRandTest(rt randTest) bool {
 				rt[i].err = fmt.Errorf("mismatch for key 0x%x, got 0x%x want 0x%x", step.key, v, want)
 			}
 		case opCommit:
-			_, rt[i].err = tr.Commit(nil)
+			_, _, rt[i].err = tr.Commit(nil)
 		case opHash:
 			tr.Hash()
 		case opReset:
-			hash, err := tr.Commit(nil)
+			hash, _, err := tr.Commit(nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				rt[i].err = err
 				return false
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func TestCommitAfterHash(t *testing.T) {
 	if exp != root {
 		t.Errorf("got %x, exp %x", root, exp)
 	}
-	root, _ = trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ = trie.Commit(nil)
 	if exp != root {
 		t.Errorf("got %x, exp %x", root, exp)
 	}
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ func TestCommitSequence(t *testing.T) {
 			trie.Update(crypto.Keccak256(addresses[i][:]), accounts[i])
 		}
 		// Flush trie -> database
-		root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+		root, _, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
 		// Flush memdb -> disk (sponge)
 		db.Commit(root, false, func(c common.Hash) {
 			// And spongify the callback-order
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ func TestCommitSequenceRandomBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 			trie.Update(key, val)
 		}
 		// Flush trie -> database
-		root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+		root, _, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
 		// Flush memdb -> disk (sponge)
 		db.Commit(root, false, func(c common.Hash) {
 			// And spongify the callback-order
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func TestCommitSequenceStackTrie(t *testing.T) {
 			stTrie.TryUpdate(key, val)
 		}
 		// Flush trie -> database
-		root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+		root, _, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
 		// Flush memdb -> disk (sponge)
 		db.Commit(root, false, nil)
 		// And flush stacktrie -> disk
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ func TestCommitSequenceSmallRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	trie.TryUpdate(key, []byte{0x1})
 	stTrie.TryUpdate(key, []byte{0x1})
 	// Flush trie -> database
-	root, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
+	root, _, _ := trie.Commit(nil)
 	// Flush memdb -> disk (sponge)
 	db.Commit(root, false, nil)
 	// And flush stacktrie -> disk