diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index a828951206..189afa48d4 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -603,6 +603,17 @@ func (api *API) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, config *Trac
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer release()
+
+	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
+	if beaconRoot := block.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
+		vmenv := vm.NewEVM(blockCtx, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
+		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, vmenv, statedb)
+	}
+	if api.backend.ChainConfig().IsPrague(block.Number(), block.Time()) {
+		vmenv := vm.NewEVM(blockCtx, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
+		core.ProcessParentBlockHash(block.ParentHash(), vmenv, statedb)
+	}
+
 	// JS tracers have high overhead. In this case run a parallel
 	// process that generates states in one thread and traces txes
 	// in separate worker threads.
@@ -615,18 +626,9 @@ func (api *API) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, config *Trac
 	var (
 		txs       = block.Transactions()
 		blockHash = block.Hash()
-		blockCtx  = core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 		signer    = types.MakeSigner(api.backend.ChainConfig(), block.Number(), block.Time())
 		results   = make([]*txTraceResult, len(txs))
 	)
-	if beaconRoot := block.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
-		vmenv := vm.NewEVM(blockCtx, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
-		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, vmenv, statedb)
-	}
-	if api.backend.ChainConfig().IsPrague(block.Number(), block.Time()) {
-		vmenv := vm.NewEVM(blockCtx, vm.TxContext{}, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
-		core.ProcessParentBlockHash(block.ParentHash(), vmenv, statedb)
-	}
 	for i, tx := range txs {
 		// Generate the next state snapshot fast without tracing
 		msg, _ := core.TransactionToMessage(tx, signer, block.BaseFee())