From 4fc6ae82ec9e6f9825935245f5cd6bbff0cd3125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tsahi Zidenberg <tsahi@offchainlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:08:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] arbitrum apiBackend: GetEVM handles nil blokContext

---
 arbitrum/apibackend.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arbitrum/apibackend.go b/arbitrum/apibackend.go
index 4d5c308dc845..ce4dea0951e7 100644
--- a/arbitrum/apibackend.go
+++ b/arbitrum/apibackend.go
@@ -504,7 +504,13 @@ func (a *APIBackend) GetEVM(ctx context.Context, msg *core.Message, state *state
 		vmConfig = a.BlockChain().GetVMConfig()
 	}
 	txContext := core.NewEVMTxContext(msg)
-	return vm.NewEVM(*blockCtx, txContext, state, a.BlockChain().Config(), *vmConfig), vmError
+	var context vm.BlockContext
+	if blockCtx != nil {
+		context = *blockCtx
+	} else {
+		context = core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, a.BlockChain(), nil)
+	}
+	return vm.NewEVM(context, txContext, state, a.BlockChain().Config(), *vmConfig), vmError
 }
 
 func (a *APIBackend) SubscribeChainEvent(ch chan<- core.ChainEvent) event.Subscription {