diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index adc049bc9..3edc5ef53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2271,9 +2271,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fvm_ipld_kamt"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02250be2140aa2e805e18b9427dc93fa1ad9753c8169d0807389f31739683450"
+checksum = "270444092b6cb62319b5a8f1ca6ae21265d31e0c818019e9ebd63cf8b2d51cb5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 14a4f6768..91a4f32d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fvm_shared = "4.5.1"
 fvm_ipld_encoding = "0.5.0"
 fvm_ipld_blockstore = "0.3.0"
 fvm_ipld_hamt = "0.10.2"
-fvm_ipld_kamt = "0.4.2"
+fvm_ipld_kamt = "0.4.3"
 fvm_ipld_amt = { version = "0.7.3" }
 fvm_ipld_bitfield = "0.7.0"
 
diff --git a/actors/evm/src/interpreter/system.rs b/actors/evm/src/interpreter/system.rs
index 4c6e67417..13f03dd52 100644
--- a/actors/evm/src/interpreter/system.rs
+++ b/actors/evm/src/interpreter/system.rs
@@ -349,18 +349,15 @@ impl<'r, RT: Runtime> System<'r, RT> {
             .get_cbor(&root)
             .context_code(ExitCode::USR_SERIALIZATION, "failed to decode state")?
             .context_code(ExitCode::USR_ILLEGAL_STATE, "state not in blockstore")?;
-        //
+
         let transient_data_lifespan = state.transient_data.unwrap().transient_data_lifespan;
-        /*
-         * TODO compare transient_data_state with current lifespan
-         */
         let current_lifespan = Self::get_current_transient_data_lifespan(self.rt);
-
         if current_lifespan == transient_data_lifespan {
             self.transient_slots
                 .set_root(&state.transient_data.unwrap().transient_data_state.unwrap())
                 .context_code(ExitCode::USR_ILLEGAL_STATE, "transient_state not in blockstore")?;
         } else {
+            self.transient_slots.clear();
         }
 
         self.slots