diff --git a/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess.go b/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess.go
index a928ab7e23b..cbee99359e5 100644
--- a/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess.go
+++ b/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess.go
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ func (bpp *basePreProcess) updateGasConsumedWithGasRefundedAndGasPenalized(
 func (bpp *basePreProcess) handleProcessTransactionInit(preProcessorExecutionInfoHandler process.PreProcessorExecutionInfoHandler, txHash []byte) int {
 	snapshot := bpp.accounts.JournalLen()
 	preProcessorExecutionInfoHandler.InitProcessedTxsResults(txHash)
-	bpp.gasHandler.Reset(txHash)
 	return snapshot
 }
 
diff --git a/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess_test.go b/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37a826cbfe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/process/block/preprocess/basePreProcess_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package preprocess
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go/testscommon"
+	"github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go/testscommon/state"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestBasePreProcess_handleProcessTransactionInit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	txHash := []byte("tx hash")
+	initProcessedTxsCalled := false
+
+	preProcessorExecutionInfoHandler := &testscommon.PreProcessorExecutionInfoHandlerMock{
+		InitProcessedTxsResultsCalled: func(key []byte) {
+			if !bytes.Equal(key, txHash) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			initProcessedTxsCalled = true
+		},
+	}
+
+	journalLen := 262845
+	bp := &basePreProcess{
+		accounts: &state.AccountsStub{
+			JournalLenCalled: func() int {
+				return journalLen
+			},
+		},
+		gasTracker: gasTracker{
+			gasHandler: &testscommon.GasHandlerStub{
+				ResetCalled: func(hash []byte) {
+					assert.Fail(t, "should have not called gasComputation.Reset")
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	recoveredJournalLen := bp.handleProcessTransactionInit(preProcessorExecutionInfoHandler, txHash)
+	assert.Equal(t, journalLen, recoveredJournalLen)
+	assert.True(t, initProcessedTxsCalled)
+}