diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/fieldtrie/field_trie.go b/beacon-chain/state/fieldtrie/field_trie.go
index c97f85970..0cbfd7f5b 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/fieldtrie/field_trie.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/fieldtrie/field_trie.go
@@ -185,13 +185,14 @@ func (f *FieldTrie) CopyTrie() *FieldTrie {
 		copy(dstFieldTrie[i], layer)
 	}
 	return &FieldTrie{
-		fieldLayers: dstFieldTrie,
-		field:       f.field,
-		dataType:    f.dataType,
-		reference:   stateutil.NewRef(1),
-		RWMutex:     new(sync.RWMutex),
-		length:      f.length,
-		numOfElems:  f.numOfElems,
+		fieldLayers:   dstFieldTrie,
+		field:         f.field,
+		dataType:      f.dataType,
+		reference:     stateutil.NewRef(1),
+		RWMutex:       new(sync.RWMutex),
+		length:        f.length,
+		numOfElems:    f.numOfElems,
+		isTransferred: f.isTransferred,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/state-native/state_trie.go b/beacon-chain/state/state-native/state_trie.go
index 9b064b470..03ec6d770 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/state-native/state_trie.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/state-native/state_trie.go
@@ -1158,8 +1158,16 @@ func (b *BeaconState) recomputeFieldTrie(index types.FieldIndex, elements interf
 	}
 
 	if fTrie.FieldReference().Refs() > 1 {
+		var newTrie *fieldtrie.FieldTrie
+		// We choose to only copy the validator
+		// trie as it is pretty expensive to regenerate
+		// in the event of late blocks.
+		if index == types.Validators {
+			newTrie = fTrie.CopyTrie()
+		} else {
+			newTrie = fTrie.TransferTrie()
+		}
 		fTrie.FieldReference().MinusRef()
-		newTrie := fTrie.TransferTrie()
 		b.stateFieldLeaves[index] = newTrie
 		fTrie = newTrie
 	}