diff --git a/arbos/block_processor.go b/arbos/block_processor.go
index e239efa552..37877df64c 100644
--- a/arbos/block_processor.go
+++ b/arbos/block_processor.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func ProduceBlock(
 	chainContext core.ChainContext,
 	chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 	batchFetcher arbostypes.FallibleBatchFetcher,
+	isMsgForPrefetch bool,
 ) (*types.Block, types.Receipts, error) {
 	var batchFetchErr error
 	txes, err := ParseL2Transactions(message, chainConfig.ChainID, func(batchNum uint64, batchHash common.Hash) []byte {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ func ProduceBlock(
 
 	hooks := NoopSequencingHooks()
 	return ProduceBlockAdvanced(
-		message.Header, txes, delayedMessagesRead, lastBlockHeader, statedb, chainContext, chainConfig, hooks,
+		message.Header, txes, delayedMessagesRead, lastBlockHeader, statedb, chainContext, chainConfig, hooks, isMsgForPrefetch,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ func ProduceBlockAdvanced(
 	chainContext core.ChainContext,
 	chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 	sequencingHooks *SequencingHooks,
+	isMsgForPrefetch bool,
 ) (*types.Block, types.Receipts, error) {
 
 	state, err := arbosState.OpenSystemArbosState(statedb, nil, true)
@@ -374,7 +376,9 @@ func ProduceBlockAdvanced(
 			if chainConfig.DebugMode() {
 				logLevel = log.Warn
 			}
-			logLevel("error applying transaction", "tx", printTxAsJson{tx}, "err", err)
+			if !isMsgForPrefetch {
+				logLevel("error applying transaction", "tx", printTxAsJson{tx}, "err", err)
+			}
 			if !hooks.DiscardInvalidTxsEarly {
 				// we'll still deduct a TxGas's worth from the block-local rate limiter even if the tx was invalid
 				blockGasLeft = arbmath.SaturatingUSub(blockGasLeft, params.TxGas)
diff --git a/cmd/replay/main.go b/cmd/replay/main.go
index 7ab59fc513..5369495324 100644
--- a/cmd/replay/main.go
+++ b/cmd/replay/main.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func main() {
 		batchFetcher := func(batchNum uint64) ([]byte, error) {
 			return wavmio.ReadInboxMessage(batchNum), nil
 		}
-		newBlock, _, err = arbos.ProduceBlock(message.Message, message.DelayedMessagesRead, lastBlockHeader, statedb, chainContext, chainConfig, batchFetcher)
+		newBlock, _, err = arbos.ProduceBlock(message.Message, message.DelayedMessagesRead, lastBlockHeader, statedb, chainContext, chainConfig, batchFetcher, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
diff --git a/execution/gethexec/block_recorder.go b/execution/gethexec/block_recorder.go
index 5e25e592be..ff22dcfd91 100644
--- a/execution/gethexec/block_recorder.go
+++ b/execution/gethexec/block_recorder.go
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ func (r *BlockRecorder) RecordBlockCreation(
 			chaincontext,
 			chainConfig,
 			batchFetcher,
+			false,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go b/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go
index 00cc593de4..685870f257 100644
--- a/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go
+++ b/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) sequenceTransactionsWithBlockMutex(header *arbostypes.
 		s.bc,
 		s.bc.Config(),
 		hooks,
+		false,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) sequenceDelayedMessageWithBlockMutex(message *arbostyp
 	}
 
 	startTime := time.Now()
-	block, statedb, receipts, err := s.createBlockFromNextMessage(&messageWithMeta)
+	block, statedb, receipts, err := s.createBlockFromNextMessage(&messageWithMeta, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) MessageIndexToBlockNumber(messageNum arbutil.MessageIn
 }
 
 // must hold createBlockMutex
-func (s *ExecutionEngine) createBlockFromNextMessage(msg *arbostypes.MessageWithMetadata) (*types.Block, *state.StateDB, types.Receipts, error) {
+func (s *ExecutionEngine) createBlockFromNextMessage(msg *arbostypes.MessageWithMetadata, isMsgForPrefetch bool) (*types.Block, *state.StateDB, types.Receipts, error) {
 	currentHeader := s.bc.CurrentBlock()
 	if currentHeader == nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("failed to get current block header")
@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) createBlockFromNextMessage(msg *arbostypes.MessageWith
 		s.bc,
 		s.bc.Config(),
 		batchFetcher,
+		isMsgForPrefetch,
 	)
 
 	return block, statedb, receipts, err
@@ -614,14 +616,14 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) digestMessageWithBlockMutex(num arbutil.MessageIndex,
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			_, _, _, err := s.createBlockFromNextMessage(msgForPrefetch)
+			_, _, _, err := s.createBlockFromNextMessage(msgForPrefetch, true)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}()
 	}
 
-	block, statedb, receipts, err := s.createBlockFromNextMessage(msg)
+	block, statedb, receipts, err := s.createBlockFromNextMessage(msg, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/system_tests/state_fuzz_test.go b/system_tests/state_fuzz_test.go
index 2c11435485..9c34a82553 100644
--- a/system_tests/state_fuzz_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/state_fuzz_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func BuildBlock(
 		return seqBatch, nil
 	}
 	block, _, err := arbos.ProduceBlock(
-		l1Message, delayedMessagesRead, lastBlockHeader, statedb, chainContext, chainConfig, batchFetcher,
+		l1Message, delayedMessagesRead, lastBlockHeader, statedb, chainContext, chainConfig, batchFetcher, false,
 	)
 	return block, err
 }