diff --git a/core/vm/memory.go b/core/vm/memory.go
index 5e11e83748f..de58c748718 100644
--- a/core/vm/memory.go
+++ b/core/vm/memory.go
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ func (m *Memory) Set32(offset uint64, val *uint256.Int) {
 // Resize resizes the memory to size
 func (m *Memory) Resize(size uint64) {
 	if uint64(m.Len()) < size {
-		m.store = append(m.store, make([]byte, size-uint64(m.Len()))...)
+		if uint64(cap(m.store)) > size {
+			m.store = m.store[:size]
+		} else {
+			m.store = append(m.store, make([]byte, size-uint64(m.Len()))...)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/core/vm/memory_test.go b/core/vm/memory_test.go
index 41389b729aa..3890d18cb5a 100644
--- a/core/vm/memory_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/memory_test.go
@@ -83,3 +83,10 @@ func TestMemoryCopy(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkResize(b *testing.B) {
+	memory := NewMemory()
+	for i := range b.N {
+		memory.Resize(uint64(i))
+	}
+}