diff --git a/src/lib_shell/block_validator_process.ml b/src/lib_shell/block_validator_process.ml
index c96f1f9e738810da70a5fe77ea4958f418380290..3e33526e1f18608f2de844b399012b346509d1c1 100644
--- a/src/lib_shell/block_validator_process.ml
+++ b/src/lib_shell/block_validator_process.ml
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ module Internal_validator_process = struct
       Ptime.diff then_ now
     in
     validator.cache <-
-      Some {context_hash = predecessor_resulting_context_hash; cache} ;
+      Some
+        {context_hash = result.validation_store.resulting_context_hash; cache} ;
     validator.preapply_result <- None ;
     let*! () = Events.(emit validation_success (block_hash, timespan)) in
     return result