diff --git a/contract/include/evm_runtime/state.hpp b/contract/include/evm_runtime/state.hpp
index 0cb4a53b..ddc3383d 100644
--- a/contract/include/evm_runtime/state.hpp
+++ b/contract/include/evm_runtime/state.hpp
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ struct state : State {
     name _self;
     name _ram_payer;
     bool _read_only;
+    bool _allow_frozen;
     mutable std::map<evmc::address, uint64_t> addr2id;
     mutable std::map<bytes32, bytes> addr2code;
     mutable db_stats stats;
     std::optional<config2> _config2;
 
-    explicit state(name self, name ram_payer, bool read_only=false) : _self(self), _ram_payer(ram_payer), _read_only{read_only}{}
+    explicit state(name self, name ram_payer, bool read_only=false, bool allow_frozen=true) : _self(self), _ram_payer(ram_payer), _read_only{read_only}, _allow_frozen{allow_frozen}{}
     virtual ~state() override;
 
     uint64_t get_next_account_id();
diff --git a/contract/src/actions.cpp b/contract/src/actions.cpp
index d8428563..0d5a4541 100644
--- a/contract/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/contract/src/actions.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void evm_contract::exec(const exec_input& input, const std::optional<exec_callba
     evm_common::prepare_block_header(block.header, bm, get_self().value,
         bm.timestamp_to_evm_block_num(eosio::current_time_point().time_since_epoch().count()));
 
-    evm_runtime::state state{get_self(), get_self(), true};
+    evm_runtime::state state{get_self(), get_self(), true, true};
     IntraBlockState ibstate{state};
 
     EVM evm{block, ibstate, *found_chain_config.value().second};
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ void evm_contract::pushtx( eosio::name miner, const bytes& rlptx ) {
 
     silkworm::consensus::TrustEngine engine{*found_chain_config->second};
 
-    evm_runtime::state state{get_self(), get_self()};
+    evm_runtime::state state{get_self(), get_self(), false, false};
     silkworm::ExecutionProcessor ep{block, engine, state, *found_chain_config->second};
 
     Transaction tx;
diff --git a/contract/src/state.cpp b/contract/src/state.cpp
index 27ec48a8..fab0e0ca 100644
--- a/contract/src/state.cpp
+++ b/contract/src/state.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ std::optional<Account> state::read_account(const evmc::address& address) const n
     if (itr == inx.end()) {
         return {};
     }
-    eosio::check(!itr->has_flag(account::flag::frozen), "account is frozen");
+    eosio::check(_allow_frozen || !itr->has_flag(account::flag::frozen), "account is frozen");
 
     addr2id[address] = itr->id;
 
diff --git a/contract/tests/admin_actions_tests.cpp b/contract/tests/admin_actions_tests.cpp
index 67df5c76..95331719 100644
--- a/contract/tests/admin_actions_tests.cpp
+++ b/contract/tests/admin_actions_tests.cpp
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(freezeaccnt_tests, admin_action_tester) try {
    auto [contract_addr, contract_account_id] = deploy_simple_contract(evm1);
    freezeaccnt(contract_account_id, true);
 
-   BOOST_REQUIRE_EXCEPTION(getval(contract_addr),
-         eosio_assert_message_exception, eosio_assert_message_is("account is frozen"));
+   // We allow evm::exec action to work with frozen accounts
+   BOOST_REQUIRE(getval(contract_addr) == 0);
 
    BOOST_REQUIRE_EXCEPTION(transfer_token("alice"_n, evm_account_name, make_asset(to_bridge), fc::variant(contract_addr).as_string()),
          eosio_assert_message_exception, eosio_assert_message_is("account is frozen"));