diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 3eaacd634..5bf5652ed 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ func New(
 		app.AccountKeeper,
 		app.BankKeeper,
 		scopedTransferKeeper,
-		evmkeeper.NewEvmAddressHandler(app.EvmKeeper),
+		evmkeeper.NewEvmAddressHandler(&app.EvmKeeper),
 	)
 	transferModule := transfer.NewAppModule(app.TransferKeeper)
 	transferIBCModule := transfer.NewIBCModule(app.TransferKeeper)
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/address.go b/x/evm/keeper/address.go
index b302f9efa..93720607d 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/address.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/address.go
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ func (k *Keeper) CanAddressReceive(ctx sdk.Context, addr sdk.AccAddress) bool {
 }
 
 type EvmAddressHandler struct {
-	evmKeeper Keeper
+	evmKeeper *Keeper
 }
 
-func NewEvmAddressHandler(evmKeeper Keeper) EvmAddressHandler {
+func NewEvmAddressHandler(evmKeeper *Keeper) EvmAddressHandler {
 	return EvmAddressHandler{evmKeeper: evmKeeper}
 }