diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index 962fc021d756a7896f3ca7e14843196924724408..a9c8a38cae20e00d5bf9930731dec1cf9ec2d71e 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	execTime := time.Since(tstart)
 
 	if ctx.GlobalBool(DumpFlag.Name) {
+		statedb.Commit(true)
 		statedb.IntermediateRoot(true)
 		fmt.Println(string(statedb.Dump()))
 	}