diff --git a/silkworm/silkrpc/commands/eth_api.cpp b/silkworm/silkrpc/commands/eth_api.cpp
index e95f0bdb02..dcca116717 100644
--- a/silkworm/silkrpc/commands/eth_api.cpp
+++ b/silkworm/silkrpc/commands/eth_api.cpp
@@ -194,11 +194,12 @@ awaitable<void> EthereumRpcApi::handle_eth_gas_price(const nlohmann::json& reque
 
     try {
         ethdb::TransactionDatabase tx_database{*tx};
+        const auto chain_storage = tx->create_storage(tx_database, backend_);
         const auto latest_block_number = co_await core::get_block_number(core::kLatestBlockId, tx_database);
         SILK_INFO << "latest_block_number " << latest_block_number;
 
-        BlockProvider block_provider = [this, &tx_database](uint64_t block_number) {
-            return core::read_block_by_number(*block_cache_, tx_database, block_number);
+        BlockProvider block_provider = [this, &tx_database, &chain_storage](uint64_t block_number) {
+            return core::read_block_by_number(*block_cache_, *chain_storage, tx_database, block_number);
         };
 
         GasPriceOracle gas_price_oracle{block_provider};
@@ -910,7 +911,6 @@ awaitable<void> EthereumRpcApi::handle_eth_estimate_gas(const nlohmann::json& re
         const BlockNumberOrHash block_number_or_hash{core::kLatestBlockId};
         ethdb::kv::CachedDatabase cached_database{block_number_or_hash, *tx, *state_cache_};
         ethdb::TransactionDatabase tx_database{*tx};
-
         const auto chain_id = co_await core::rawdb::read_chain_id(tx_database);
         const auto chain_config_ptr = lookup_chain_config(chain_id);
         const auto latest_block_number = co_await core::get_block_number(core::kLatestBlockId, tx_database);
@@ -919,7 +919,6 @@ awaitable<void> EthereumRpcApi::handle_eth_estimate_gas(const nlohmann::json& re
         const auto latest_block_with_hash = co_await core::read_block_by_number(*block_cache_, tx_database, latest_block_number);
         const auto latest_block = latest_block_with_hash->block;
         StateReader state_reader(cached_database);
-
         rpc::BlockHeaderProvider block_header_provider = [&cached_database](uint64_t block_number) {
             return core::rawdb::read_header_by_number(cached_database, block_number);
         };
@@ -1292,9 +1291,12 @@ awaitable<void> EthereumRpcApi::handle_eth_create_access_list(const nlohmann::js
         ethdb::TransactionDatabase tx_database{*tx};
         ethdb::kv::CachedDatabase cached_database{block_number_or_hash, *tx, *state_cache_};
 
-        const auto block_with_hash = co_await core::read_block_by_number_or_hash(*block_cache_, tx_database, block_number_or_hash);
-        const auto chain_id = co_await core::rawdb::read_chain_id(tx_database);
-        const auto chain_config_ptr = lookup_chain_config(chain_id);
+        const auto chain_storage{tx->create_storage(tx_database, backend_)};
+        const auto block_with_hash = co_await core::read_block_by_number_or_hash(*block_cache_, *chain_storage, tx_database, block_number_or_hash);
+
+        const auto chain_id = co_await chain_storage->read_chain_id();
+        ensure(chain_id.has_value(), "cannot read chain ID");
+        const auto chain_config_ptr = lookup_chain_config(*chain_id);
 
         const bool is_latest_block = co_await core::get_latest_executed_block_number(tx_database) == block_with_hash->block.header.number;
         const core::rawdb::DatabaseReader& db_reader =
@@ -1356,6 +1358,8 @@ awaitable<void> EthereumRpcApi::handle_eth_create_access_list(const nlohmann::js
             }
             call.set_access_list(current_access_list);
         } while (!access_lists_match);
+    } catch (const std::invalid_argument& iv) {
+        reply = make_json_content(request["id"], {});
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
         SILK_ERROR << "exception: " << e.what() << " processing request: " << request.dump();
         reply = make_json_error(request["id"], 100, e.what());
diff --git a/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.cpp b/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.cpp
index 8a4d5ee8cf..1e66b503ea 100644
--- a/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.cpp
+++ b/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_number_or_hash(BlockCach
     throw std::runtime_error{"invalid block_number_or_hash value"};
 }
 
+awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_number_or_hash(BlockCache& cache, const ChainStorage& storage, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const BlockNumberOrHash& bnoh) {
+    if (bnoh.is_number()) {  // NOLINT(bugprone-branch-clone)
+        co_return co_await read_block_by_number(cache, storage, reader, bnoh.number());
+    } else if (bnoh.is_hash()) {
+        co_return co_await read_block_by_hash(cache, storage, bnoh.hash());
+    } else if (bnoh.is_tag()) {
+        auto [block_number, ignore] = co_await get_block_number(bnoh.tag(), reader, /*latest_required=*/false);
+        co_return co_await read_block_by_number(cache, storage, reader, block_number);
+    }
+    throw std::runtime_error{"invalid block_number_or_hash value"};
+}
+
 awaitable<BlockWithHash> read_block_by_transaction_hash(BlockCache& cache, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const evmc::bytes32& transaction_hash) {
     auto block_number = co_await rawdb::read_block_number_by_transaction_hash(reader, transaction_hash);
     auto block_by_hash = co_await read_block_by_number(cache, reader, block_number);
diff --git a/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.hpp b/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.hpp
index d52413c4de..ee1d096b58 100644
--- a/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.hpp
+++ b/silkworm/silkrpc/core/cached_chain.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_number(BlockCache& cache
 awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_hash(BlockCache& cache, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const evmc::bytes32& block_hash);
 awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_hash(BlockCache& cache, const ChainStorage& storage, const evmc::bytes32& block_hash);
 awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_number_or_hash(BlockCache& cache, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const BlockNumberOrHash& bnoh);
+awaitable<std::shared_ptr<BlockWithHash>> read_block_by_number_or_hash(BlockCache& cache, const ChainStorage& storage, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const BlockNumberOrHash& bnoh);
 awaitable<BlockWithHash> read_block_by_transaction_hash(BlockCache& cache, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const evmc::bytes32& transaction_hash);
 awaitable<std::optional<TransactionWithBlock>> read_transaction_by_hash(BlockCache& cache, const rawdb::DatabaseReader& reader, const evmc::bytes32& transaction_hash);
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/goerly/eth_createAccessList/test_5.json b/tests/integration/goerly/eth_createAccessList/test_5.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cde266f4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/goerly/eth_createAccessList/test_5.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  {
+        "request": {
+            "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+            "method":"eth_createAccessList",
+            "params":[
+                {
+                  "data": "0xdaa6d5560000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                  "from": "0x52c24586c31cff0485a6208bb63859290fba5bce",
+                  "to": "0xfffff7794a1dc8e42615f059dd6e406a6594651a",
+                  "gas": "0xF4240",
+                  "gasPrice": "0x10C388C00"
+                },
+                "0xFFFFFF"
+            ],
+            "id":1
+        },
+        "response": {
+            "id":1,
+            "jsonrpc":"2.0",
+            "result": null
+        }
+    }
+]
+