diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index 38fbebfd95c911d9aae612d23e50f7798cf747e3..3cb7e500c5cfd692beca093a7e33e8f0752cf3ef 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ func (self *StateTransition) TransitionDb() (ret []byte, requiredGas, usedGas *b
 	)
 	if contractCreation {
 		ret, _, vmerr = vmenv.Create(sender, self.data, self.gas, self.value)
-		if homestead && err == vm.ErrCodeStoreOutOfGas {
-			self.gas = Big0
-		}
 	} else {
 		// Increment the nonce for the next transaction
 		self.state.SetNonce(sender.Address(), self.state.GetNonce(sender.Address())+1)