diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -517,7 +517,17 @@ func (self *StateDB) GetRefund() uint64 {
 // and clears the journal as well as the refunds.
 func (s *StateDB) Finalise(deleteEmptyObjects bool) {
 	for addr := range s.journal.dirties {
-		stateObject := s.stateObjects[addr]
+		stateObject, exist := s.stateObjects[addr]
+		if !exist {
+			// ripeMD is 'touched' at block 1714175, in tx 0x1237f737031e40bcde4a8b7e717b2d15e3ecadfe49bb1bbc71ee9deb09c6fcf2
+			// That tx goes out of gas, and although the notion of 'touched' does not exist there, the
+			// touch-event will still be recorded in the journal. Since ripeMD is a special snowflake,
+			// it will persist in the journal even though the journal is reverted. In this special circumstance,
+			// it may exist in `s.journal.dirties` but not in `s.stateObjects`.
+			// Thus, we can safely ignore it here
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if stateObject.suicided || (deleteEmptyObjects && stateObject.empty()) {
 			s.deleteStateObject(stateObject)
 		} else {
state: handle nil in journal dirties