diff --git a/app/ante/eth.go b/app/ante/eth.go
index 66ac465c5d..8fcabb587c 100644
--- a/app/ante/eth.go
+++ b/app/ante/eth.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (egcd EthGasConsumeDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simula
 			return ctx, sdkerrors.Wrap(err, "failed to unpack tx data")
 		}
 
-		if ctx.IsCheckTx() {
+		if ctx.IsCheckTx() && egcd.maxGasWanted != 0 {
 			// We can't trust the tx gas limit, because we'll refund the unused gas.
 			if txData.GetGas() > egcd.maxGasWanted {
 				gasWanted += egcd.maxGasWanted
diff --git a/app/ante/eth_test.go b/app/ante/eth_test.go
index 1e8b9c1fe2..9edf55d4db 100644
--- a/app/ante/eth_test.go
+++ b/app/ante/eth_test.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (suite AnteTestSuite) TestEthGasConsumeDecorator() {
 		{
 			"success",
 			tx2,
-			config.DefaultMaxTxGasWanted, // it's capped
+			tx2GasLimit, // it's capped
 			func() {
 				vmdb.AddBalance(addr, big.NewInt(1000000))
 
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 060e9decdb..70432b7f4f 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultEVMTracer is the default vm.Tracer type
 	DefaultEVMTracer = ""
 
-	DefaultMaxTxGasWanted = 500000
+	DefaultMaxTxGasWanted = 0
 
 	DefaultGasCap uint64 = 25000000