diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/pending_block.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/pending_block.rs
index 32c2fdc252..8ab260dc62 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/pending_block.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/pending_block.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ impl PendingBlockEnv {
                 continue
             }
 
+            if pool_tx.origin.is_private() {
+                // we don't want to leak any state changes made by private transactions, so we mark
+                // them as invalid here which removes all dependent transactions from the iterator
+                // before we can continue
+                best_txs.mark_invalid(&pool_tx);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // convert tx to a signed transaction
             let tx = pool_tx.to_recovered_transaction();
 
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs
index 70875cd0fd..1eef5ac858 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/traits.rs
@@ -523,9 +523,18 @@ pub enum TransactionOrigin {
 
 impl TransactionOrigin {
     /// Whether the transaction originates from a local source.
-    pub fn is_local(&self) -> bool {
+    pub const fn is_local(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, TransactionOrigin::Local)
     }
+
+    /// Whether the transaction originates from an external source.
+    pub const fn is_external(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, TransactionOrigin::External)
+    }
+    /// Whether the transaction originates from a private source.
+    pub const fn is_private(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, TransactionOrigin::Private)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Represents changes after a new canonical block or range of canonical blocks was added to the