diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculator.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculator.java
index c8cd8c5039c..cbf6a7c6941 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculator.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculator.java
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ public Wei calculateBlockValue(final BlockWithReceipts blockWithReceipts) {
     Wei totalFee = Wei.ZERO;
     for (int i = 0; i < txs.size(); i++) {
       final Wei minerFee = txs.get(i).getEffectivePriorityFeePerGas(block.getHeader().getBaseFee());
-      totalFee = totalFee.add(minerFee.multiply(receipts.get(i).getCumulativeGasUsed()));
+      // we don't store gasUsed and need to calculate that on the fly
+      // receipts are fetched in ascending sorted by cumulativeGasUsed
+      long gasUsed = receipts.get(i).getCumulativeGasUsed();
+      if (i > 0) {
+        gasUsed = gasUsed - receipts.get(i - 1).getCumulativeGasUsed();
+      }
+      totalFee = totalFee.add(minerFee.multiply(gasUsed));
     }
     return totalFee;
   }
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculatorTest.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculatorTest.java
index 3116d3181b0..2d2b4c75f2b 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculatorTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/BlockValueCalculatorTest.java
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public void shouldCalculateCorrectBlockValue() {
         new BlockValueCalculator()
             .calculateBlockValue(
                 new BlockWithReceipts(block, List.of(receipt1, receipt2, receipt3)));
-    // Block value = 71 * 1 + 143 * 2 + 214 * 5 = 1427
-    assertThat(blockValue).isEqualTo(Wei.of(1427L));
+    // Block value = 71 * 1 + (143-71) * 2 + (214-143) * 5 = 1427
+    assertThat(blockValue).isEqualTo(Wei.of(570L));
   }
 
   @Test