diff --git a/core/vm/evm.go b/core/vm/evm.go
index 25b5bc84e8..36bbf0d3da 100644
--- a/core/vm/evm.go
+++ b/core/vm/evm.go
@@ -439,13 +439,19 @@ func (evm *EVM) create(caller ContractRef, codeAndHash *codeAndHash, gas uint64,
 	if evm.chainRules.IsBerlin {
 		evm.StateDB.AddAddressToAccessList(address)
 	}
-	// Ensure there's no existing contract already at the designated address
+	// Ensure there's no existing contract already at the designated address.
+	// Account is regarded as existent if any of these three conditions is met:
+	// - the nonce is nonzero
+	// - the code is non-empty
+	// - the storage is non-empty
 	contractHash := evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(address)
-	if evm.StateDB.GetNonce(address) != 0 || (contractHash != (common.Hash{}) && contractHash != types.EmptyCodeHash) {
+	storageRoot := evm.StateDB.GetStorageRoot(address)
+	if evm.StateDB.GetNonce(address) != 0 ||
+		(contractHash != (common.Hash{}) && contractHash != types.EmptyCodeHash) || // non-empty code
+		(storageRoot != (common.Hash{}) && storageRoot != types.EmptyRootHash) { // non-empty storage
 		if evm.Config.Tracer != nil && evm.Config.Tracer.OnGasChange != nil {
 			evm.Config.Tracer.OnGasChange(gas, 0, tracing.GasChangeCallFailedExecution)
 		}
-
 		return nil, common.Address{}, 0, ErrContractAddressCollision
 	}
 	// Create a new account on the state
diff --git a/core/vm/interface.go b/core/vm/interface.go
index d7028cc7c7..30742e96de 100644
--- a/core/vm/interface.go
+++ b/core/vm/interface.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type StateDB interface {
 	GetCommittedState(common.Address, common.Hash) common.Hash
 	GetState(common.Address, common.Hash) common.Hash
 	SetState(common.Address, common.Hash, common.Hash)
+	GetStorageRoot(addr common.Address) common.Hash
 
 	GetTransientState(addr common.Address, key common.Hash) common.Hash
 	SetTransientState(addr common.Address, key, value common.Hash)
diff --git a/tests/block_test.go b/tests/block_test.go
index 1ba84f5f24..43e3d99b3e 100644
--- a/tests/block_test.go
+++ b/tests/block_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ func TestExecutionSpecBlocktests(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	bt := new(testMatcher)
 
+	// These tests fail as of https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/28666, since we
+	// no longer delete "leftover storage" when deploying a contract.
+	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/eip6780_selfdestruct/selfdestruct/self_destructing_initcode_create_tx.json`)
+	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/eip6780_selfdestruct/selfdestruct/self_destructing_initcode.json`)
+	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/eip6780_selfdestruct/selfdestruct/recreate_self_destructed_contract_different_txs.json`)
+	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/eip6780_selfdestruct/selfdestruct/delegatecall_from_new_contract_to_pre_existing_contract.json`)
+	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/eip6780_selfdestruct/selfdestruct/create_selfdestruct_same_tx.json`)
+
 	bt.walk(t, executionSpecBlockchainTestDir, func(t *testing.T, name string, test *BlockTest) {
 		execBlockTest(t, bt, test)
 	})
diff --git a/tests/state_test.go b/tests/state_test.go
index 6ec5c9d857..6f53b88722 100644
--- a/tests/state_test.go
+++ b/tests/state_test.go
@@ -54,9 +54,22 @@ func initMatcher(st *testMatcher) {
 	// Uses 1GB RAM per tested fork
 	st.skipLoad(`^stStaticCall/static_Call1MB`)
 
+	// These tests fail as of https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/28666, since we
+	// no longer delete "leftover storage" when deploying a contract.
+	st.skipLoad(`^stSStoreTest/InitCollision\.json`)
+	st.skipLoad(`^stRevertTest/RevertInCreateInInit\.json`)
+	st.skipLoad(`^stExtCodeHash/dynamicAccountOverwriteEmpty\.json`)
+	st.skipLoad(`^stCreate2/create2collisionStorage\.json`)
+	st.skipLoad(`^stCreate2/RevertInCreateInInitCreate2\.json`)
+
 	// Broken tests:
 	// EOF is not part of cancun
 	st.skipLoad(`^stEOF/`)
+
+	// The tests under Pyspecs are the ones that are published as execution-spec tests.
+	// We run these tests separately, no need to _also_ run them as part of the
+	// reference tests.
+	st.skipLoad(`^Pyspecs/`)
 }
 
 func TestState(t *testing.T) {