diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7d6bf69e..117273966 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 - [\#635](https://github.com/cosmos/evm/pull/635) Move DefaultStaticPrecompiles to /evm and allow projects to set it by default alongside the keeper.
 - [\#577](https://github.com/cosmos/evm/pull/577) Cleanup precompiles boilerplate code.
 - [\#648](https://github.com/cosmos/evm/pull/648) Move all `ante` logic such as `NewAnteHandler` from the `evmd` package to `evm/ante` so it can be used as library functions.
+- [\#652](https://github.com/cosmos/evm/pull/652) Don't log "tx not found" errors during genesis initialization when using EVM mempool.
 
 ### FEATURES
 
diff --git a/mempool/mempool.go b/mempool/mempool.go
index a3a7aa62c..ff60a9f44 100644
--- a/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func (m *ExperimentalEVMMempool) Remove(tx sdk.Tx) error {
 
 	m.logger.Debug("removing Cosmos transaction")
 	err = m.cosmosPool.Remove(tx)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sdkmempool.ErrTxNotFound) {
 		m.logger.Error("failed to remove Cosmos transaction", "error", err)
 	} else {
 		m.logger.Debug("Cosmos transaction removed successfully")