diff --git a/packages/vm/src/runTx.ts b/packages/vm/src/runTx.ts
index 811666073d..1c0d390e5c 100644
--- a/packages/vm/src/runTx.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/src/runTx.ts
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ async function _runTx(vm: VM, opts: RunTxOpts): Promise<RunTxResult> {
       }
 
       fromAccount.nonce++
-      await vm.evm.journal.putAccount(caller, fromAccount)
+      await vm.evm.journal.putAccount(authority, fromAccount)
 
       const addressCode = concatBytes(new Uint8Array([0xef, 0x01, 0x00]), address)
       await vm.stateManager.putCode(authority, addressCode)
diff --git a/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7702.spec.ts b/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7702.spec.ts
index 405db457a1..d9411e0c4d 100644
--- a/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7702.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7702.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { assert, describe, it } from 'vitest'
 
 import { VM, runTx } from '../../../src/index.js'
 
-import type { AuthorizationListBytesItem } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+import type { AuthorizationListBytesItem } from '@ethereumjs/tx'
 
 const common = new Common({ chain: Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Cancun, eips: [7702] })
 
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ describe('EIP 7702: set code to EOA accounts', () => {
     )
 
     // Try to set code to two different addresses
-    // Only the first is valid
+    // Only the first is valid: the second tuple will have the nonce value 0, but the
+    // nonce of the account is already set to 1 (by the first tuple)
     await runTest(
       [
         {