CR's fixes

go.mod

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0
-	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.1
 	github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.15.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.4
@@ -142,6 +141,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hdevalence/ed25519consensus v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/holiman/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/skiplist v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/huin/goupnp v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect

x/evm/keeper/msg_server.go

@@ -192,23 +192,23 @@ func (k *Keeper) updatePrecompiles(ctx sdk.Context, newEnabledPrecompiles []stri
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// Set the nonce of the precompile's address (as is done when a contract is created) to ensure
-		// that it is marked as non-empty and will not be cleaned up when the statedb is finalized.
 		err := k.SetAccount(ctx, addr, statedb.Account{
+			// Set the nonce of the precompile's address (as is done when a contract is created) to ensure
+			// that it is marked as non-empty and will not be cleaned up when the statedb is finalized.
 			Nonce:    PrecompileNonce,
 			Balance:  big.NewInt(0),
+			// Set the code of the precompile's address to a non-zero length byte slice to ensure that the precompile
+			// can be called from within Solidity contracts. Solidity adds a check before invoking a contract to ensure
+			// that it does not attempt to invoke a non-existent contract.
 			CodeHash: PrecompileCodeHash[:],
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		// Set the code of the precompile's address to a non-zero length byte slice to ensure that the precompile
-		// can be called from within Solidity contracts. Solidity adds a check before invoking a contract to ensure
-		// that it does not attempt to invoke a non-existent contract.
-		k.SetCode(ctx, PrecompileCodeHash[:], PrecompileCode)
 	}
 
+	k.SetCode(ctx, PrecompileCodeHash[:], PrecompileCode)
+
 	// uninitialize disabled precompiles
 	for _, hexAddr := range oldEnabledPrecompiles {
 		addr := common.HexToAddress(hexAddr)