diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/llo/integration_test.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/llo/integration_test.go
index 8fb1d301da2..bb3a64c09c0 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/llo/integration_test.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/llo/integration_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func setupBlockchain(t *testing.T) (*bind.TransactOpts, *backends.SimulatedBacke
 	steve := testutils.MustNewSimTransactor(t) // config contract deployer and owner
 	genesisData := core.GenesisAlloc{steve.From: {Balance: assets.Ether(1000).ToInt()}}
 	backend := cltest.NewSimulatedBackend(t, genesisData, uint32(ethconfig.Defaults.Miner.GasCeil))
+	backend.Commit()
 	backend.Commit() // ensure starting block number at least 1
 
 	// Deploy contracts