diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64dbc17da0ae..734ca492f1eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (auth) [#13460](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13460) The `q auth address-by-id` CLI command has been renamed to `q auth address-by-acc-num` to be more explicit. However, the old `address-by-id` version is still kept as an alias, for backwards compatibility.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (store) [#13459](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13459) Don't let state listener observe the uncommitted writes.
+
 ## [v0.46.2](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.46.2) - 2022-10-03
 
 ### API Breaking Changes
diff --git a/store/cachemulti/store.go b/store/cachemulti/store.go
index cf15b13d16d7..3b0265cb0f22 100644
--- a/store/cachemulti/store.go
+++ b/store/cachemulti/store.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ func NewFromKVStore(
 	store types.KVStore, stores map[types.StoreKey]types.CacheWrapper,
 	keys map[string]types.StoreKey, traceWriter io.Writer, traceContext types.TraceContext,
 ) Store {
+	if listeners == nil {
+		listeners = make(map[types.StoreKey][]types.WriteListener)
+	}
 	cms := Store{
 		db:           cachekv.NewStore(store),
 		stores:       make(map[types.StoreKey]types.CacheWrap, len(stores)),
@@ -78,7 +81,8 @@ func newCacheMultiStoreFromCMS(cms Store) Store {
 		stores[k] = v
 	}
 
-	return NewFromKVStore(cms.db, stores, nil, cms.traceWriter, cms.traceContext)
+	// don't pass listeners to nested cache store.
+	return NewFromKVStore(cms.db, stores, nil, cms.traceWriter, cms.traceContext, nil)
 }
 
 // SetTracer sets the tracer for the MultiStore that the underlying
diff --git a/store/rootmulti/store_test.go b/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
index c4d760ae4b2c..989e12a77b11 100644
--- a/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
+++ b/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ func (tl *MockListener) OnWrite(storeKey types.StoreKey, key []byte, value []byt
 
 func TestStateListeners(t *testing.T) {
 	var db dbm.DB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-	ms := newMultiStoreWithMounts(db, types.NewPruningOptionsFromString(types.PruningOptionNothing))
+	ms := newMultiStoreWithMounts(db, pruningtypes.NewPruningOptions(pruningtypes.PruningNothing))
 
 	listener := &MockListener{}
 	ms.AddListeners(testStoreKey1, []types.WriteListener{listener})