diff --git a/x/blob/keeper/gas_test.go b/x/blob/keeper/gas_test.go
index 2f7958dac0..32e6c50e47 100644
--- a/x/blob/keeper/gas_test.go
+++ b/x/blob/keeper/gas_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestPayForBlobGas(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:            "1024 byte blob", // occupies 3 shares because share prefix (e.g. namespace, info byte)
 			msg:             types.MsgPayForBlob{BlobSize: 1024},
-			wantGasConsumed: uint64(13348), // 3 shares * 512 bytes per share * 8 gas per byte + 1060 gas for fetching param = 12288 gas
+			wantGasConsumed: uint64(13348), // 3 shares * 512 bytes per share * 8 gas per byte + 1060 gas for fetching param = 13348 gas
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/x/blob/keeper/keeper.go b/x/blob/keeper/keeper.go
index 073383bd39..c47a6e9973 100644
--- a/x/blob/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/blob/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func (k Keeper) Logger(ctx sdk.Context) log.Logger {
 func (k Keeper) PayForBlob(goCtx context.Context, msg *types.MsgPayForBlob) (*types.MsgPayForBlobResponse, error) {
 	ctx := sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(goCtx)
 
-	// calculate gas per message share by fetching the constant share size and the gas cost per byte from the KV store
-	gasPerMsgShare := appconsts.ShareSize * k.GasPerBlobByte(ctx)
-	gasToConsume := uint64(shares.BlobSharesUsed(int(msg.BlobSize)) * int(gasPerMsgShare))
+	// calculate gas per blob share by fetching the constant share size and the gas cost per byte from the KV store
+	gasPerBlobShare := appconsts.ShareSize * k.GasPerBlobByte(ctx)
+	gasToConsume := uint64(shares.BlobSharesUsed(int(msg.BlobSize)) * int(gasPerBlobShare))
 	ctx.GasMeter().ConsumeGas(gasToConsume, payForBlobGasDescriptor)
 
 	err := ctx.EventManager().EmitTypedEvent(