diff --git a/pkg/core/mpt/batch.go b/pkg/core/mpt/batch.go
index 1b782498b..a03a6cbc8 100644
--- a/pkg/core/mpt/batch.go
+++ b/pkg/core/mpt/batch.go
@@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ func (t *Trie) stripBranch(b *BranchNode) (Node, error) {
 	case n == 0:
 		return new(HashNode), nil
 	case n == 1:
-		return t.mergeExtension([]byte{lastIndex}, b.Children[lastIndex])
+		if lastIndex != lastChild {
+			return t.mergeExtension([]byte{lastIndex}, b.Children[lastIndex])
+		}
+		return b.Children[lastIndex], nil
 	default:
 		t.addRef(b.Hash(), b.bytes)
 		return b, nil
diff --git a/pkg/core/mpt/batch_test.go b/pkg/core/mpt/batch_test.go
index ee673825a..6585d5204 100644
--- a/pkg/core/mpt/batch_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/mpt/batch_test.go
@@ -174,6 +174,22 @@ func TestTrie_PutBatchBranch(t *testing.T) {
 			testPut(t, ps, tr1, tr2)
 			require.IsType(t, (*ExtensionNode)(nil), tr1.root)
 		})
+		t.Run("non-empty child is last node", func(t *testing.T) {
+			tr1 := NewTrie(new(HashNode), false, newTestStore())
+			tr2 := NewTrie(new(HashNode), false, newTestStore())
+			require.NoError(t, tr1.Put([]byte{0x00, 2}, []byte("value1")))
+			require.NoError(t, tr2.Put([]byte{0x00, 2}, []byte("value1")))
+			require.NoError(t, tr1.Put([]byte{0x00}, []byte("value2")))
+			require.NoError(t, tr2.Put([]byte{0x00}, []byte("value2")))
+
+			tr1.Flush()
+			tr1.Collapse(1)
+			tr2.Flush()
+			tr2.Collapse(1)
+
+			var ps = pairs{{[]byte{0x00, 2}, nil}}
+			testPut(t, ps, tr1, tr2)
+		})
 	})
 	t.Run("incomplete put, transform to extension", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tr1, tr2 := prepareBranch(t)
diff --git a/pkg/core/mpt/trie.go b/pkg/core/mpt/trie.go
index 6f4b452a4..fea6141e6 100644
--- a/pkg/core/mpt/trie.go
+++ b/pkg/core/mpt/trie.go
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ func (t *Trie) deleteFromExtension(n *ExtensionNode, path []byte) (Node, error)
 		if nxt.IsEmpty() {
 			return nxt, nil
 		}
+		n.next = nxt
 	default:
 		n.next = r
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/core/mpt/trie_test.go b/pkg/core/mpt/trie_test.go
index 18d0d43b6..25ddd561c 100644
--- a/pkg/core/mpt/trie_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/mpt/trie_test.go
@@ -395,6 +395,24 @@ func testTrieDelete(t *testing.T, enableGC bool) {
 					tr.testHas(t, []byte{}, nil)
 					tr.testHas(t, []byte{0x56}, []byte{0x34})
 					require.IsType(t, (*ExtensionNode)(nil), tr.root)
+
+					t.Run("WithHash, branch node replaced", func(t *testing.T) {
+						ch := NewLeafNode([]byte{5, 6})
+						h := ch.Hash()
+
+						b := NewBranchNode()
+						b.Children[3] = NewExtensionNode([]byte{4}, NewLeafNode([]byte{1, 2, 3}))
+						b.Children[lastChild] = NewHashNode(h)
+
+						tr := NewTrie(NewExtensionNode([]byte{1, 2}, b), enableGC, newTestStore())
+						tr.putToStore(ch)
+
+						require.NoError(t, tr.Delete([]byte{0x12, 0x34}))
+						tr.testHas(t, []byte{0x12, 0x34}, nil)
+						tr.testHas(t, []byte{0x12}, []byte{5, 6})
+						require.IsType(t, (*ExtensionNode)(nil), tr.root)
+						require.Equal(t, h, tr.root.(*ExtensionNode).next.Hash())
+					})
 				})
 
 				t.Run("LeaveLeaf", func(t *testing.T) {