diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
index 9ab00d0379..f9ea757307 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl<DB: Database, D: BodyDownloader> Stage<DB> for BodyStage<D> {
         let (from_block, to_block) = range.into_inner();
 
         // Cursors used to write bodies, ommers and transactions
-        let mut block_meta_cursor = tx.cursor_write::<tables::BlockBodyIndices>()?;
+        let mut block_indices_cursor = tx.cursor_write::<tables::BlockBodyIndices>()?;
         let mut tx_cursor = tx.cursor_write::<tables::Transactions>()?;
         let mut tx_block_cursor = tx.cursor_write::<tables::TransactionBlock>()?;
         let mut ommers_cursor = tx.cursor_write::<tables::BlockOmmers>()?;
@@ -106,14 +106,18 @@ impl<DB: Database, D: BodyDownloader> Stage<DB> for BodyStage<D> {
             // Write block
             let block_number = response.block_number();
 
-            let first_tx_num = next_tx_num;
-            let mut tx_count = 0;
+            let block_indices = StoredBlockBodyIndices {
+                first_tx_num: next_tx_num,
+                tx_count: match &response {
+                    BlockResponse::Full(block) => block.body.len() as u64,
+                    BlockResponse::Empty(_) => 0,
+                },
+            };
             match response {
                 BlockResponse::Full(block) => {
-                    tx_count = block.body.len() as u64;
                     // write transaction block index
                     if !block.body.is_empty() {
-                        tx_block_cursor.append(first_tx_num, block.number)?;
+                        tx_block_cursor.append(block_indices.last_tx_num(), block.number)?;
                     }
 
                     // Write transactions
@@ -142,8 +146,7 @@ impl<DB: Database, D: BodyDownloader> Stage<DB> for BodyStage<D> {
             };
 
             // insert block meta
-            block_meta_cursor
-                .append(block_number, StoredBlockBodyIndices { first_tx_num, tx_count })?;
+            block_indices_cursor.append(block_number, block_indices)?;
 
             highest_block = block_number;
         }