diff --git a/core/chains/evm/client/chain_client.go b/core/chains/evm/client/chain_client.go
index 52bc1263c75..016da44aa28 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/client/chain_client.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/client/chain_client.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (c *chainClient) LatestFinalizedBlock(ctx context.Context) (*evmtypes.Head,
 	return c.multiNode.LatestFinalizedBlock(ctx)
 }
 
-func (c *chainClient) CheckTxValidity(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError {
+func (c *chainClient) CheckTxOverflow(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError {
 	msg := ethereum.CallMsg{
 		From: from,
 		To:   &to,
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/client/client.go b/core/chains/evm/client/client.go
index 2758c9cf0a4..27a9db9b85f 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/client/client.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/client/client.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type Client interface {
 	IsL2() bool
 
 	// Simulate the transaction prior to sending to catch zk out-of-counters errors ahead of time
-	CheckTxValidity(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError
+	CheckTxOverflow(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError
 }
 
 func ContextWithDefaultTimeout() (ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
@@ -375,6 +375,6 @@ func (client *client) LatestFinalizedBlock(_ context.Context) (*evmtypes.Head, e
 	return nil, pkgerrors.New("not implemented. client was deprecated. New methods are added only to satisfy type constraints while we are migrating to new alternatives")
 }
 
-func (client *client) CheckTxValidity(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError {
+func (client *client) CheckTxOverflow(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError {
 	return NewSendError(pkgerrors.New("not implemented. client was deprecated. New methods are added only to satisfy type constraints while we are migrating to new alternatives"))
 }
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/client/mocks/client.go b/core/chains/evm/client/mocks/client.go
index b3cdac3a6b6..7a5d7f960a9 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/client/mocks/client.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/client/mocks/client.go
@@ -238,12 +238,12 @@ func (_m *Client) ChainID() (*big.Int, error) {
 	return r0, r1
 }
 
-// CheckTxValidity provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, from, to, data
-func (_m *Client) CheckTxValidity(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *client.SendError {
+// CheckTxOverflow provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, from, to, data
+func (_m *Client) CheckTxOverflow(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *client.SendError {
 	ret := _m.Called(ctx, from, to, data)
 
 	if len(ret) == 0 {
-		panic("no return value specified for CheckTxValidity")
+		panic("no return value specified for CheckTxOverflow")
 	}
 
 	var r0 *client.SendError
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/client/null_client.go b/core/chains/evm/client/null_client.go
index 3129bcff9b0..98bc91a4395 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/client/null_client.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/client/null_client.go
@@ -232,6 +232,6 @@ func (nc *NullClient) LatestFinalizedBlock(_ context.Context) (*evmtypes.Head, e
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (nc *NullClient) CheckTxValidity(_ context.Context, _ common.Address, _ common.Address, _ []byte) *SendError {
+func (nc *NullClient) CheckTxOverflow(_ context.Context, _ common.Address, _ common.Address, _ []byte) *SendError {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/client/simulated_backend_client.go b/core/chains/evm/client/simulated_backend_client.go
index 9fe2ff88ba7..100b867c202 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/client/simulated_backend_client.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/client/simulated_backend_client.go
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ func (c *SimulatedBackendClient) ethGetLogs(ctx context.Context, result interfac
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *SimulatedBackendClient) CheckTxValidity(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError {
+func (c *SimulatedBackendClient) CheckTxOverflow(ctx context.Context, from common.Address, to common.Address, data []byte) *SendError {
 	return nil
 }