diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index d99531d48fc..af5b0c9cda0 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -982,7 +981,7 @@ func (api *API) traceTx(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction, message *cor
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, vm.TxContext{GasPrice: big.NewInt(0)}, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{Tracer: tracer.Hooks, NoBaseFee: true})
+	vmenv := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, vm.TxContext{GasPrice: message.GasPrice}, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{Tracer: tracer.Hooks, NoBaseFee: true})
 	statedb.SetLogger(tracer.Hooks)
 
 	// Define a meaningful timeout of a single transaction trace