diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/header.rs b/crates/consensus/src/header.rs
index 3c086b8b045..c5b9f2da681 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/header.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/header.rs
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ impl<'a> arbitrary::Arbitrary<'a> for Header {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::*;
 
     #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/transaction/eip7702.rs b/crates/consensus/src/transaction/eip7702.rs
index c2e704a4df8..12307fcc073 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/transaction/eip7702.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/transaction/eip7702.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{EncodableSignature, SignableTransaction, Signed, Transaction, TxType};
 use alloy_eips::eip2930::AccessList;
-use alloy_primitives::{keccak256, Bytes, ChainId, Signature, TxKind, B256, U256};
+use alloy_primitives::{keccak256, Address, Bytes, ChainId, Signature, TxKind, B256, U256};
 use alloy_rlp::{BufMut, Decodable, Encodable, Header};
 use core::mem;
 
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ pub struct TxEip7702 {
     /// This is also known as `GasTipCap`
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(with = "alloy_serde::quantity"))]
     pub max_priority_fee_per_gas: u128,
-    /// The 160-bit address of the message call’s recipient or, for a contract creation
-    /// transaction, ∅, used here to denote the only member of B0 ; formally Tt.
-    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "TxKind::is_create"))]
-    pub to: TxKind,
+    /// The 160-bit address of the message call’s recipient.
+    pub to: Address,
     /// A scalar value equal to the number of Wei to
     /// be transferred to the message call’s recipient or,
     /// in the case of contract creation, as an endowment
@@ -263,7 +261,7 @@ impl TxEip7702 {
         mem::size_of::<u64>() + // gas_limit
         mem::size_of::<u128>() + // max_fee_per_gas
         mem::size_of::<u128>() + // max_priority_fee_per_gas
-        self.to.size() + // to
+            mem::size_of::<Address>() + // to
         mem::size_of::<U256>() + // value
         self.access_list.size() + // access_list
         self.input.len() + // input
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@ impl Transaction for TxEip7702 {
     }
 
     fn to(&self) -> TxKind {
-        self.to
+        self.to.into()
     }
 
     fn value(&self) -> U256 {
@@ -430,7 +428,7 @@ mod tests {
             max_fee_per_gas: 0x4a817c800,
             max_priority_fee_per_gas: 0x3b9aca00,
             gas_limit: 2,
-            to: TxKind::Create,
+            to: Address::default(),
             value: U256::ZERO,
             input: vec![1, 2].into(),
             access_list: Default::default(),
diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/transaction/envelope.rs b/crates/consensus/src/transaction/envelope.rs
index fc5c324e983..339b37523f1 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/transaction/envelope.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/transaction/envelope.rs
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ mod tests {
             gas_limit: 3,
             max_fee_per_gas: 4,
             max_priority_fee_per_gas: 5,
-            to: Address::left_padding_from(&[5]).into(),
+            to: Address::left_padding_from(&[5]),
             value: U256::from(6_u64),
             input: vec![7].into(),
             access_list: AccessList(vec![AccessListItem {
diff --git a/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/mod.rs
index 6d6262cdd0f..1700bcf33bd 100644
--- a/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Transaction> for Signed<TxEip7702> {
             max_priority_fee_per_gas: tx
                 .max_priority_fee_per_gas
                 .ok_or(ConversionError::MissingMaxPriorityFeePerGas)?,
-            to: tx.to.into(),
+            to: tx.to.ok_or(ConversionError::MissingTo)?,
             value: tx.value,
             access_list: tx.access_list.ok_or(ConversionError::MissingAccessList)?,
             authorization_list: tx
diff --git a/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/request.rs b/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/request.rs
index aacd3f3af70..24a886fc2d9 100644
--- a/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/request.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc-types-eth/src/transaction/request.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ impl TransactionRequest {
     fn build_7702(self) -> Result<TxEip7702, &'static str> {
         let checked_to = self.to.ok_or("Missing 'to' field for Eip7702 transaction.")?;
 
+        let to_address = match checked_to {
+            TxKind::Create => return Err("The field `to` can only be of type TxKind::Call(Account). Please change it accordingly."),
+            TxKind::Call(to) => to,
+        };
+
         Ok(TxEip7702 {
             chain_id: self.chain_id.unwrap_or(1),
             nonce: self.nonce.ok_or("Missing 'nonce' field for Eip7702 transaction.")?,
@@ -324,7 +329,7 @@ impl TransactionRequest {
             max_priority_fee_per_gas: self
                 .max_priority_fee_per_gas
                 .ok_or("Missing 'max_priority_fee_per_gas' field for Eip7702 transaction.")?,
-            to: checked_to,
+            to: to_address,
             value: self.value.unwrap_or_default(),
             input: self.input.into_input().unwrap_or_default(),
             access_list: self.access_list.unwrap_or_default(),
@@ -808,7 +813,7 @@ impl From<TxEip4844Variant> for TransactionRequest {
 impl From<TxEip7702> for TransactionRequest {
     fn from(tx: TxEip7702) -> Self {
         Self {
-            to: if let TxKind::Call(to) = tx.to { Some(to.into()) } else { None },
+            to: Some(tx.to.into()),
             gas: Some(tx.gas_limit),
             max_fee_per_gas: Some(tx.max_fee_per_gas),
             max_priority_fee_per_gas: Some(tx.max_priority_fee_per_gas),