diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cba3d629094..3bece1ffa80 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@
 - [8157](https://github.com/vegaprotocol/vega/issues/8157) - Handle kill/interrupt signals in datanode, and clean up properly.
 - [7914](https://github.com/vegaprotocol/vega/issues/7914) - Offer node signatures after snapshot restore
 - [8187](https://github.com/vegaprotocol/vega/issues/8187) - Expose Live Only filter to the `GraphQL` Orders filter.
+- [9793](https://github.com/vegaprotocol/vega/issues/9793) - Map network owner correctly in creating account from transfer.
 
 ## 0.70.0
 
diff --git a/datanode/entities/transfer.go b/datanode/entities/transfer.go
index 000c4c84785..933c6ed55b2 100644
--- a/datanode/entities/transfer.go
+++ b/datanode/entities/transfer.go
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ func TransferFromProto(ctx context.Context, t *eventspb.Transfer, txHash TxHash,
 		VegaTime: time.Unix(0, t.Timestamp),
 	}
 
+	if t.From == "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" {
+		fromAcc.PartyID = PartyID("network")
+	}
+
 	err := accountSource.Obtain(ctx, &fromAcc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("obtaining from account id for transfer:%w", err)
@@ -151,6 +155,10 @@ func TransferFromProto(ctx context.Context, t *eventspb.Transfer, txHash TxHash,
 		VegaTime: vegaTime,
 	}
 
+	if t.To == "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" {
+		toAcc.PartyID = PartyID("network")
+	}
+
 	err = accountSource.Obtain(ctx, &toAcc)
 
 	if err != nil {