diff --git a/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go b/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go
index 08f064c37..1a327e608 100644
--- a/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go
+++ b/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@ func callExInternal(ic *interop.Context, h []byte, name string, args []stackitem
 	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "_") {
 		return errors.New("invalid method name (starts with '_')")
 	}
-	curr, err := ic.DAO.GetContractState(ic.VM.GetCurrentScriptHash())
-	if err == nil {
-		if !curr.Manifest.CanCall(u, &cs.Manifest, name) {
-			return errors.New("disallowed method call")
+	ctx := ic.VM.Context()
+	if ctx != nil && ctx.IsDeployed() {
+		curr, err := ic.DAO.GetContractState(ic.VM.GetCurrentScriptHash())
+		if err == nil {
+			if !curr.Manifest.CanCall(u, &cs.Manifest, name) {
+				return errors.New("disallowed method call")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return CallExInternal(ic, cs, name, args, f, vm.EnsureNotEmpty, nil)
diff --git a/pkg/core/interop_system_test.go b/pkg/core/interop_system_test.go
index 11e80b7e2..b0f0c1e62 100644
--- a/pkg/core/interop_system_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/interop_system_test.go
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ func TestContractCall(t *testing.T) {
 
 	runInvalid := func(args ...interface{}) func(t *testing.T) {
 		return func(t *testing.T) {
-			loadScript(ic, currScript, 42)
+			loadScriptWithHashAndFlags(ic, currScript, h, smartcontract.All, 42)
 			for i := range args {
 				ic.VM.Estack().PushVal(args[i])
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/vm/context.go b/pkg/vm/context.go
index 08d38b87a..85d6e2611 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/context.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/context.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type Context struct {
 	// Caller's contract script hash.
 	callingScriptHash util.Uint160
 
+	// Set to true when running deployed contracts.
+	isDeployed bool
+
 	// Call flags this context was created with.
 	callFlag smartcontract.CallFlag
 
@@ -256,6 +259,11 @@ func (c *Context) String() string {
 	return "execution context"
 }
 
+// IsDeployed returns whether this context contains deployed contract.
+func (c *Context) IsDeployed() bool {
+	return c.isDeployed
+}
+
 // getContextScriptHash returns script hash of the invocation stack element
 // number n.
 func (v *VM) getContextScriptHash(n int) util.Uint160 {
diff --git a/pkg/vm/vm.go b/pkg/vm/vm.go
index 03190378e..9fd3d4540 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/vm.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/vm.go
@@ -284,12 +284,16 @@ func (v *VM) LoadScriptWithFlags(b []byte, f smartcontract.CallFlag) {
 }
 
 // LoadScriptWithHash if similar to the LoadScriptWithFlags method, but it also loads
-// given script hash directly into the Context to avoid its recalculations. It's
-// up to user of this function to make sure the script and hash match each other.
+// given script hash directly into the Context to avoid its recalculations and to make
+// is possible to override it for deployed contracts with special hashes (the function
+// assumes that it is used for deployed contracts setting context's parameters
+// accordingly). It's up to user of this function to make sure the script and hash match
+// each other.
 func (v *VM) LoadScriptWithHash(b []byte, hash util.Uint160, f smartcontract.CallFlag) {
 	shash := v.GetCurrentScriptHash()
 	v.LoadScriptWithFlags(b, f)
 	ctx := v.Context()
+	ctx.isDeployed = true
 	ctx.scriptHash = hash
 	ctx.callingScriptHash = shash
 }