diff --git a/fvm/evm/debug/tracer.go b/fvm/evm/debug/tracer.go
index 0a047aed3df..52b4a7e5236 100644
--- a/fvm/evm/debug/tracer.go
+++ b/fvm/evm/debug/tracer.go
@@ -76,16 +76,25 @@ func (t *CallTracer) GetResultByTxHash(txID gethCommon.Hash) json.RawMessage {
 }
 
 func (t *CallTracer) Collect(txID gethCommon.Hash) {
+	l := t.logger.With().
+		Str("tx-id", txID.String()).
+		Str("block-id", t.blockID.String()).
+		Logger()
+
+	// collect the trace result
+	res, found := t.resultsByTxID[txID]
+	if !found {
+		l.Error().Msg("trace result not found")
+		return
+	}
+	// remove the result
+	delete(t.resultsByTxID, txID)
+
 	// upload is concurrent and it doesn't produce any errors, as the
 	// client doesn't expect it, we don't want to break execution flow,
 	// in case there are errors we retry, and if we fail after retries
 	// we log them and continue.
 	go func() {
-		l := t.logger.With().
-			Str("tx-id", txID.String()).
-			Str("block-id", t.blockID.String()).
-			Logger()
-
 		defer func() {
 			if r := recover(); r != nil {
 				err, ok := r.(error)
@@ -98,20 +107,12 @@ func (t *CallTracer) Collect(txID gethCommon.Hash) {
 					Msg("failed to collect EVM traces")
 			}
 		}()
-
-		res, found := t.resultsByTxID[txID]
-		if !found {
-			l.Error().Msg("trace result not found")
-			return
-		}
 		if err := t.uploader.Upload(TraceID(txID, t.blockID), res); err != nil {
 			l.Error().Err(err).
 				Str("traces", string(res)).
 				Msg("failed to upload trace results, no more retries")
 			return
 		}
-		// remove the result
-		delete(t.resultsByTxID, txID)
 		l.Debug().Msg("evm traces uploaded successfully")
 	}()
 
diff --git a/fvm/evm/emulator/emulator_test.go b/fvm/evm/emulator/emulator_test.go
index 4e268a28902..a89ca945c1a 100644
--- a/fvm/evm/emulator/emulator_test.go
+++ b/fvm/evm/emulator/emulator_test.go
@@ -1103,7 +1103,8 @@ func TestCallingExtraPrecompiles(t *testing.T) {
 					AddressFunc: func() types.Address {
 						return addr
 					},
-					RequiredGasFunc: func(input []byte) uint64 {
+					RequiredGasFunc: func(inp []byte) uint64 {
+						require.Equal(t, input, inp)
 						return uint64(10)
 					},
 					RunFunc: func(inp []byte) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -1224,9 +1225,9 @@ func TestTransactionTracing(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, res.ValidationError)
 			require.NoError(t, res.VMError)
 			txID = res.TxHash
-			tracer.Collect(txID)
 			trace = tracer.GetResultByTxHash(txID)
 			require.NotEmpty(t, trace)
+			tracer.Collect(txID)
 
 			testAccount.SetNonce(testAccount.Nonce() + 1)
 			require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
@@ -1267,10 +1268,10 @@ func TestTransactionTracing(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 			requireSuccessfulExecution(t, err, res)
 			txID = res.TxHash
-			tracer.WithBlockID(blockID)
-			tracer.Collect(txID)
 			trace = tracer.GetResultByTxHash(txID)
 			require.NotEmpty(t, trace)
+			tracer.WithBlockID(blockID)
+			tracer.Collect(txID)
 
 			testAccount.SetNonce(testAccount.Nonce() + 1)
 			require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
@@ -1311,10 +1312,10 @@ func TestTransactionTracing(t *testing.T) {
 			res, err := blk.RunTransaction(tx)
 			requireSuccessfulExecution(t, err, res)
 			txID = res.TxHash
-			tracer.WithBlockID(blockID)
-			tracer.Collect(txID)
 			trace = tracer.GetResultByTxHash(txID)
 			require.NotEmpty(t, trace)
+			tracer.WithBlockID(blockID)
+			tracer.Collect(txID)
 
 			testAccount.SetNonce(testAccount.Nonce() + 1)
 			require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
@@ -1390,9 +1391,9 @@ func TestTransactionTracing(t *testing.T) {
 			requireSuccessfulExecution(t, err, res)
 			txID = res.TxHash
 			tracer.WithBlockID(blockID)
-			tracer.Collect(txID)
 			trace = tracer.GetResultByTxHash(txID)
 			require.NotEmpty(t, trace)
+			tracer.Collect(txID)
 
 			testAccount.SetNonce(testAccount.Nonce() + 1)
 			require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
@@ -1482,9 +1483,9 @@ func TestTransactionTracing(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, results, 1)
 			txID = results[0].TxHash
+			trace = tracer.GetResultByTxHash(txID)
 			tracer.WithBlockID(blockID)
 			tracer.Collect(txID)
-			trace = tracer.GetResultByTxHash(txID)
 
 			require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
 				<-uploaded