diff --git a/consensus/merge/merge.go b/consensus/merge/merge.go
index bab6541532b..bf7af5c000f 100644
--- a/consensus/merge/merge.go
+++ b/consensus/merge/merge.go
@@ -189,9 +189,23 @@ func (s *Merge) Finalize(config *chain.Config, header *types.Header, state *stat
 	if config.IsPrague(header.Time) {
 		rs = make(types.FlatRequests, 0)
 		allLogs := make(types.Logs, 0)
+		skipEvaluation := false
+
 		for _, rec := range receipts {
+			// VERY UGLY HACK: We need to skip evaluation if we have a nil receipt
+
+			// Check for nil receipt to handle a special corner case:
+			// This scenario occurs when a transaction is part of an incomplete or partially executed block,
+			// causing some transaction receipts to be unavailable (nil). In such cases,
+			// evaluation must be skipped to prevent accessing logs from an invalid receipt.
+			if rec == nil {
+				skipEvaluation = true
+				logger.Info("nil receipt found in block receipts, skipping evaluation of receiptsHash")
+				break
+			}
 			allLogs = append(allLogs, rec.Logs...)
 		}
+
 		depositReqs, err := misc.ParseDepositLogs(allLogs, config.DepositContract)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error: could not parse requests logs: %v", err)
@@ -207,7 +221,7 @@ func (s *Merge) Finalize(config *chain.Config, header *types.Header, state *stat
 		if consolidations != nil {
 			rs = append(rs, *consolidations)
 		}
-		if header.RequestsHash != nil {
+		if header.RequestsHash != nil && !skipEvaluation {
 			rh := rs.Hash()
 			if *header.RequestsHash != *rh {
 				return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error: invalid requests root hash in header, expected: %v, got :%v", header.RequestsHash, rh)