diff --git a/cli/testdata/verify.nef b/cli/testdata/verify.nef
index 2d3a78cab..f8bf2ff48 100755
Binary files a/cli/testdata/verify.nef and b/cli/testdata/verify.nef differ
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/server/server_test.go b/pkg/rpc/server/server_test.go
index ff55d6b83..1c203176a 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/server/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/server/server_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type rpcTestCase struct {
 }
 
 const testContractHash = "743ed26f78e29ecd595535b74a943b1f9ccbc444"
-const deploymentTxHash = "f4abbf6a5af7b79819378cce1576dd72663a95961010383d67d8c4e1f00fac02"
+const deploymentTxHash = "3f81bc99525ed4b1cbb4a3535feadf73176db646a2879aaf975737348a425edc"
 const genesisBlockHash = "a496577895eb8c227bb866dc44f99f21c0cf06417ca8f2a877cc5d761a50dac0"
 
 const verifyContractHash = "a2eb22340979804cb10cc1add0b8822c201f4d8a"
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/server/testdata/testblocks.acc b/pkg/rpc/server/testdata/testblocks.acc
index 167c4ab35..999cb641f 100644
Binary files a/pkg/rpc/server/testdata/testblocks.acc and b/pkg/rpc/server/testdata/testblocks.acc differ
diff --git a/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef.go b/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef.go
index c65e061be..225f0ad86 100644
--- a/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef.go
+++ b/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import (
 // | Compiler   | 32 bytes  | Compiler used                                              |
 // | Version    | 16 bytes  | Compiler version (Major, Minor, Build, Version)            |
 // +------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+
-// | Checksum   | 4 bytes   | First four bytes of double SHA256 hash of the header       |
-// +------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 // | Script     | Var bytes | Var bytes for the payload                                  |
 // +------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+
+// | Checksum   | 4 bytes   | First four bytes of double SHA256 hash of the header       |
+// +------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 const (
 	// Magic is a magic File header constant.
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ const (
 // File represents compiled contract file structure according to the NEF3 standard.
 type File struct {
 	Header   Header
-	Checksum uint32
 	Script   []byte
+	Checksum uint32
 }
 
 // Header represents File header.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func NewFile(script []byte) (File, error) {
 		return file, err
 	}
 	file.Header.Version = v
-	file.Checksum = file.Header.CalculateChecksum()
+	file.Checksum = file.CalculateChecksum()
 	return file, nil
 }
 
@@ -171,36 +171,35 @@ func (h *Header) DecodeBinary(r *io.BinReader) {
 }
 
 // CalculateChecksum returns first 4 bytes of double-SHA256(Header) converted to uint32.
-func (h *Header) CalculateChecksum() uint32 {
-	buf := io.NewBufBinWriter()
-	h.EncodeBinary(buf.BinWriter)
-	if buf.Err != nil {
-		panic(buf.Err)
+func (n *File) CalculateChecksum() uint32 {
+	bb, err := n.Bytes()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
 	}
-	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(hash.Checksum(buf.Bytes()))
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(hash.Checksum(bb[:len(bb)-4]))
 }
 
 // EncodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.
 func (n *File) EncodeBinary(w *io.BinWriter) {
 	n.Header.EncodeBinary(w)
-	w.WriteU32LE(n.Checksum)
 	w.WriteVarBytes(n.Script)
+	w.WriteU32LE(n.Checksum)
 }
 
 // DecodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.
 func (n *File) DecodeBinary(r *io.BinReader) {
 	n.Header.DecodeBinary(r)
-	n.Checksum = r.ReadU32LE()
-	checksum := n.Header.CalculateChecksum()
-	if checksum != n.Checksum {
-		r.Err = errors.New("CRC verification fail")
-		return
-	}
 	n.Script = r.ReadVarBytes(MaxScriptLength)
 	if len(n.Script) == 0 {
 		r.Err = errors.New("empty script")
 		return
 	}
+	n.Checksum = r.ReadU32LE()
+	checksum := n.CalculateChecksum()
+	if checksum != n.Checksum {
+		r.Err = errors.New("checksum verification failure")
+		return
+	}
 }
 
 // Bytes returns byte array with serialized NEF File.
diff --git a/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef_test.go b/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef_test.go
index 1ed9575a3..d64897f77 100644
--- a/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef_test.go
+++ b/pkg/smartcontract/nef/nef_test.go
@@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ func TestEncodeDecodeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("zero-length script", func(t *testing.T) {
 		expected.Script = make([]byte, 0)
-		expected.Checksum = expected.Header.CalculateChecksum()
+		expected.Checksum = expected.CalculateChecksum()
 		checkDecodeError(t, expected)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("invalid script length", func(t *testing.T) {
 		newScript := make([]byte, MaxScriptLength+1)
 		expected.Script = newScript
-		expected.Checksum = expected.Header.CalculateChecksum()
+		expected.Checksum = expected.CalculateChecksum()
 		checkDecodeError(t, expected)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("positive", func(t *testing.T) {
 		expected.Script = script
-		expected.Checksum = expected.Header.CalculateChecksum()
+		expected.Checksum = expected.CalculateChecksum()
 		expected.Header.Magic = Magic
 		testserdes.EncodeDecodeBinary(t, expected, &File{})
 	})
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestBytesFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Script: script,
 	}
-	expected.Checksum = expected.Header.CalculateChecksum()
+	expected.Checksum = expected.CalculateChecksum()
 
 	bytes, err := expected.Bytes()
 	require.NoError(t, err)