diff --git a/packages/statemanager/src/rpcStateManager.ts b/packages/statemanager/src/rpcStateManager.ts
index 885fa5168b..f1a8298b66 100644
--- a/packages/statemanager/src/rpcStateManager.ts
+++ b/packages/statemanager/src/rpcStateManager.ts
@@ -252,10 +252,8 @@ export class RPCStateManager implements EVMStateManagerInterface {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Gets the code corresponding to the provided `address`.
-   * @param address - Address to get the `account` for
-   * @returns {Promise<Uint8Array>} - Resolves with the code corresponding to the provided address.
-   * Returns an empty `Uint8Array` if the account has no associated code.
+   * Gets the account associated with `address` or `undefined` if account does not exist
+   * @param address - Address of the `account` to get
    */
   async getAccount(address: Address): Promise<Account | undefined> {
     const elem = this._accountCache?.get(address)
@@ -265,11 +263,13 @@ export class RPCStateManager implements EVMStateManagerInterface {
         : undefined
     }
 
-    const rlp = (await this.getAccountFromProvider(address)).serialize()
+    const accountFromProvider = await this.getAccountFromProvider(address)
     const account =
-      equalsBytes(rlp, KECCAK256_RLP_EMPTY_ACCOUNT) === false
-        ? Account.fromRlpSerializedAccount(rlp)
-        : undefined
+      equalsBytes(accountFromProvider.codeHash, new Uint8Array(32).fill(0)) ||
+      equalsBytes(accountFromProvider.serialize(), KECCAK256_RLP_EMPTY_ACCOUNT)
+        ? undefined
+        : Account.fromRlpSerializedAccount(accountFromProvider.serialize())
+
     this._accountCache?.put(address, account)
 
     return account
diff --git a/packages/statemanager/test/testdata/providerData/mockProvider.ts b/packages/statemanager/test/testdata/providerData/mockProvider.ts
index 7683c9a6b9..4e56e4d128 100644
--- a/packages/statemanager/test/testdata/providerData/mockProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/statemanager/test/testdata/providerData/mockProvider.ts
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ const getProofValues = async (params: [address: string, _: [], blockTag: bigint
     return {
       address,
       balance: '0x0',
-      codeHash: '0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470',
+      codeHash: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
       nonce: '0x0',
-      storageHash: '0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421',
+      storageHash: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
       storageProof: [],
     }
   }