diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/BlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/BlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs
index 9f814668b0e..e924b9e5733 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/BlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/BlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Demerzel Solutions Limited
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
 
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ protected override bool InsertCore(ValueHash256 key, Transaction value, AddressA
         return false;
     }
 
-    protected void AddToBlobIndex(Transaction blobTx)
+    private void AddToBlobIndex(Transaction blobTx)
     {
         if (blobTx.BlobVersionedHashes?.Length > 0)
         {
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/PersistentBlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/PersistentBlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs
index 26e3d7ad826..f17b0f51866 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/PersistentBlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/PersistentBlobTxDistinctSortedPool.cs
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ private void RecreateLightTxCollectionAndCache(ITxStorage blobTxStorage)
         long startTime = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
         foreach (LightTransaction lightBlobTx in blobTxStorage.GetAll())
         {
-            if (base.TryInsert(lightBlobTx.Hash, lightBlobTx, out _))
+            if (lightBlobTx.SenderAddress is not null
+                && base.InsertCore(lightBlobTx.Hash, lightBlobTx, lightBlobTx.SenderAddress))
             {
-                AddToBlobIndex(lightBlobTx);
                 numberOfTxsInDb++;
                 numberOfBlobsInDb += lightBlobTx.BlobVersionedHashes?.Length ?? 0;
             }
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/SortedPool.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/SortedPool.cs
index c8db34851c7..f5ebedda4d4 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/SortedPool.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.TxPool/Collections/SortedPool.cs
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public bool TryGetValue(TKey key, [NotNullWhen(true)] out TValue? value)
         /// <param name="value">Element to insert.</param>
         /// <param name="removed">Element removed because of exceeding capacity</param>
         /// <returns>If element was inserted. False if element was already present in pool.</returns>
-        public virtual bool TryInsert(TKey key, TValue value, out TValue? removed)
+        public bool TryInsert(TKey key, TValue value, out TValue? removed)
         {
             using var lockRelease = Lock.Acquire();