diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8ce1a7824c..501d69bc2f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5159,7 +5159,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "revm"
 version = "3.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=d8dc6526#d8dc6526b33d94af8ce46dd9c8d2559c04593504"
+source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=afc3066#afc30663270f77df9b4399ad9d4cfb0ad2b814ec"
 dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "revm-interpreter",
@@ -5169,7 +5169,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "revm-interpreter"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=d8dc6526#d8dc6526b33d94af8ce46dd9c8d2559c04593504"
+source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=afc3066#afc30663270f77df9b4399ad9d4cfb0ad2b814ec"
 dependencies = [
  "derive_more",
  "enumn",
@@ -5180,7 +5180,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "revm-precompile"
 version = "2.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=d8dc6526#d8dc6526b33d94af8ce46dd9c8d2559c04593504"
+source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=afc3066#afc30663270f77df9b4399ad9d4cfb0ad2b814ec"
 dependencies = [
  "k256",
  "num",
@@ -5196,7 +5196,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "revm-primitives"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=d8dc6526#d8dc6526b33d94af8ce46dd9c8d2559c04593504"
+source = "git+https://github.com/bluealloy/revm?rev=afc3066#afc30663270f77df9b4399ad9d4cfb0ad2b814ec"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "auto_impl",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eeb3b810ec..62904d8309 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ inherits = "release"
 debug = true
 
 [patch.crates-io]
-revm = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "d8dc6526" }
-revm-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "d8dc6526" }
+revm = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "afc3066" }
+revm-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "afc3066" }
 # patched for quantity U256 responses <https://github.com/recmo/uint/issues/224>
 ruint = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/uint" }
diff --git a/crates/executor/src/executor.rs b/crates/executor/src/executor.rs
index 9f9ed262d2..7b682b65f4 100644
--- a/crates/executor/src/executor.rs
+++ b/crates/executor/src/executor.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ where
                 new_account.account_state = if account.storage_cleared {
                     new_account.storage.clear();
                     AccountState::StorageCleared
+                } else if new_account.account_state.is_storage_cleared() {
+                    // the account already exists and its storage was cleared, preserve its previous
+                    // state
+                    AccountState::StorageCleared
                 } else {
                     AccountState::Touched
                 };
@@ -953,4 +957,48 @@ mod tests {
             })
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_account_state_preserved() {
+        let account = Address::from_str("c94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b").unwrap();
+
+        let mut db = StateProviderTest::default();
+        db.insert_account(account, Account::default(), None, HashMap::default());
+
+        let chain_spec = Arc::new(ChainSpecBuilder::mainnet().istanbul_activated().build());
+        let db = SubState::new(State::new(db));
+
+        let default_acc = RevmAccount {
+            info: AccountInfo::default(),
+            storage: hash_map::HashMap::default(),
+            is_destroyed: false,
+            is_touched: false,
+            storage_cleared: false,
+            is_not_existing: false,
+        };
+        let mut executor = Executor::new(chain_spec, db);
+        // touch account
+        executor.commit_changes(hash_map::HashMap::from([(
+            account,
+            RevmAccount { ..default_acc.clone() },
+        )]));
+        // destroy account
+        executor.commit_changes(hash_map::HashMap::from([(
+            account,
+            RevmAccount { is_destroyed: true, is_touched: true, ..default_acc.clone() },
+        )]));
+        // re-create account
+        executor.commit_changes(hash_map::HashMap::from([(
+            account,
+            RevmAccount { is_touched: true, storage_cleared: true, ..default_acc.clone() },
+        )]));
+        // touch account
+        executor
+            .commit_changes(hash_map::HashMap::from([(account, RevmAccount { ..default_acc })]));
+
+        let db = executor.db();
+
+        let account = db.load_account(account).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(account.account_state, AccountState::StorageCleared);
+    }
 }