diff --git a/pkg/core/blockchain_neotest_test.go b/pkg/core/blockchain_neotest_test.go
index 877610cd7..32d5ec93f 100644
--- a/pkg/core/blockchain_neotest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/blockchain_neotest_test.go
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ func TestBlockchain_StartFromExistingDB(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Error(t, err)
 		require.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "can't init MPT at height"), err)
 	})
-	/* See #2801
 	t.Run("failed native Management initialisation", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ps = newPS(t)
 
@@ -234,9 +233,8 @@ func TestBlockchain_StartFromExistingDB(t *testing.T) {
 
 		_, _, _, err := chain.NewMultiWithCustomConfigAndStoreNoCheck(t, customConfig, cache)
 		require.Error(t, err)
-		require.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "can't init cache for Management native contract"), err)
+		require.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "can't init natives cache: failed to initialize cache for ContractManagement"), err)
 	})
-	*/
 	t.Run("invalid native contract activation", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ps = newPS(t)
 
diff --git a/pkg/core/native/management.go b/pkg/core/native/management.go
index e48609c1c..ed118a22d 100644
--- a/pkg/core/native/management.go
+++ b/pkg/core/native/management.go
@@ -619,13 +619,19 @@ func (m *Management) InitializeCache(blockHeight uint32, d *dao.Simple) error {
 		nep17:     make(map[util.Uint160]struct{}),
 	}
 
-	d.Seek(m.ID, storage.SeekRange{Prefix: []byte{PrefixContract}}, func(k, v []byte) bool {
+	var initErr error
+	d.Seek(m.ID, storage.SeekRange{Prefix: []byte{PrefixContract}}, func(_, v []byte) bool {
 		var cs = new(state.Contract)
-		if stackitem.DeserializeConvertible(v, cs) == nil {
-			updateContractCache(cache, cs)
+		initErr = stackitem.DeserializeConvertible(v, cs)
+		if initErr != nil {
+			return false
 		}
+		updateContractCache(cache, cs)
 		return true
 	})
+	if initErr != nil {
+		return initErr
+	}
 	d.SetCache(m.ID, cache)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/core/native/management_test.go b/pkg/core/native/management_test.go
index 4184eb593..c8a13b4a5 100644
--- a/pkg/core/native/management_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/native/management_test.go
@@ -85,14 +85,12 @@ func TestManagement_Initialize(t *testing.T) {
 		mgmt := newManagement()
 		require.NoError(t, mgmt.InitializeCache(0, d))
 	})
-	/* See #2801
 	t.Run("invalid contract state", func(t *testing.T) {
 		d := dao.NewSimple(storage.NewMemoryStore(), false)
 		mgmt := newManagement()
 		d.PutStorageItem(mgmt.ID, []byte{PrefixContract}, state.StorageItem{0xFF})
-		require.Error(t, mgmt.InitializeCache(d))
+		require.Error(t, mgmt.InitializeCache(0, d))
 	})
-	*/
 }
 
 func TestManagement_GetNEP17Contracts(t *testing.T) {