diff --git a/core/tx_pool.go b/core/tx_pool.go
index 17904ee2da09..aed6e9f3b7b5 100644
--- a/core/tx_pool.go
+++ b/core/tx_pool.go
@@ -1231,32 +1231,6 @@ func (pool *TxPool) reset(oldHead, newHead *types.Header) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// for AA we need to re-validate accounts that were included
-	// split into separate function
-	// This introduces some basic race conditions, so this needs to be refactored
-	for _, tx := range included {
-		var account = tx.To()
-		if account != nil && tx.IsAA() {
-			if pool.Has(tx.Hash()) {
-				pool.removeTx(tx.Hash(), true)
-			} else {
-				if pending := pool.pending[*account]; pending != nil {
-					pending_tx := pending.txs.Flatten()[0]
-					pool.removeTx(pending_tx.Hash(), true)
-					// ignore locals for now
-					pool.add(pending_tx, false)
-				}
-
-				if queued := pool.queue[*account]; queued != nil {
-					queued_tx := queued.txs.Flatten()[0]
-					pool.removeTx(queued_tx.Hash(), true)
-					// ignore locals for now
-					pool.add(queued_tx, false)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Initialize the internal state to the current head
 	if newHead == nil {
 		newHead = pool.chain.CurrentBlock().Header() // Special case during testing
@@ -1270,6 +1244,15 @@ func (pool *TxPool) reset(oldHead, newHead *types.Header) {
 	pool.pendingNonces = newTxNoncer(statedb)
 	pool.currentMaxGas = newHead.GasLimit
 
+	// re-validate aa transactions for accounts where a transaction was included
+	if oldHead != nil && oldHead.Hash() == newHead.ParentHash {
+		includedTransactions := pool.chain.GetBlock(newHead.Hash(), newHead.Number.Uint64()).Transactions()
+		pool.validateAAExecutables(includedTransactions)
+	}
+
+	// for AA we need to re-validate accounts that were included after forking
+	pool.validateAAExecutables(included)
+
 	// Inject any transactions discarded due to reorgs
 	log.Debug("Reinjecting stale transactions", "count", len(reinject))
 	senderCacher.recover(pool.signer, reinject)
@@ -1280,6 +1263,28 @@ func (pool *TxPool) reset(oldHead, newHead *types.Header) {
 	pool.istanbul = pool.chainconfig.IsIstanbul(next)
 }
 
+// This re-validates accounts which have been touched in a recent block
+func (pool *TxPool) validateAAExecutables(txs []*types.Transaction) {
+	for _, tx := range txs {
+		var account = tx.To()
+		if account != nil && tx.IsAA() {
+			if pool.Has(tx.Hash()) {
+				pool.removeTx(tx.Hash(), true)
+			} else if pending := pool.pending[*account]; pending != nil {
+				pending_tx := pending.txs.Flatten()[0]
+				pool.removeTx(pending_tx.Hash(), true)
+				// ignore locals for now
+				pool.add(pending_tx, false)
+			} else if queued := pool.queue[*account]; queued != nil {
+				queued_tx := queued.txs.Flatten()[0]
+				pool.removeTx(queued_tx.Hash(), true)
+				// ignore locals for now
+				pool.add(queued_tx, false)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // promoteExecutables moves transactions that have become processable from the
 // future queue to the set of pending transactions. During this process, all
 // invalidated transactions (low nonce, low balance) are deleted.