diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/EvmStack.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/EvmStack.cs
index e5800bebeec..0480f29e20d 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/EvmStack.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/EvmStack.cs
@@ -354,7 +354,9 @@ private readonly void Trace(int depth)
     {
         for (int i = depth; i > 0; i--)
         {
-            _tracer.ReportStackPush(Unsafe.As<Word, UInt256>(ref _words[Head - i]));
+            Word trace = _words[Head - i];
+            Reshuffle(ref trace);
+            _tracer.ReportStackPush(MemoryMarshal.CreateSpan(ref Unsafe.As<Word, byte>(ref trace), WordSize));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/Tracing/ITxTracer.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/Tracing/ITxTracer.cs
index e407fa36627..8e038a6691b 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/Tracing/ITxTracer.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/Tracing/ITxTracer.cs
@@ -218,18 +218,6 @@ public interface ITxTracer : IWorldStateTracer, IDisposable
     /// <remarks>Depends on <see cref="IsTracingInstructions"/></remarks>
     void ReportStackPush(in ReadOnlySpan<byte> stackItem);
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="value"></param>
-    void ReportStackPush(in UInt256 value)
-    {
-        if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
-        {
-            // The platform is little endian, requires conversion.
-        }
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="stackItem"></param>
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/VirtualMachine.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/VirtualMachine.cs
index 503a0ae9ed1..0b4d1025760 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/VirtualMachine.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Evm/VirtualMachine.cs
@@ -784,7 +784,8 @@ private CallResult ExecuteCode<TTracingInstructions, TTracingRefunds, TTracingSt
                         if (IsNullRef(ref byRef)) goto StackUnderflow;
                         if (byRef.IsZero)
                         {
-                            byRef = default;
+                            // NOP
+                            // byRef = default;
                         }
                         else
                         {