diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
index 2f9e80723e..83b3b6330b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["rayon", "dashmap"] }
 reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-prune.workspace = true
-reth-revm.workspace = true
+reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["optional-balance-check"] }
 reth-stages-api.workspace = true
 reth-tasks.workspace = true
 reth-trie-parallel.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
index dad00c57db..89f3ec83e0 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
@@ -490,6 +490,10 @@ where
         // doesn't match what's on chain.
         evm_env.cfg_env.disable_nonce_check = true;
 
+        // disable the balance check so that transactions from senders who were funded by earlier
+        // transactions in the block can still be prewarmed
+        evm_env.cfg_env.disable_balance_check = true;
+
         // create a new executor and disable nonce checks in the env
         let spec_id = *evm_env.spec_id();
         let mut evm = evm_config.evm_with_env(state_provider, evm_env);