diff --git a/core/vm/memory.go b/core/vm/memory.go
index ba5f8485dc95..efbef81d9ba6 100644
--- a/core/vm/memory.go
+++ b/core/vm/memory.go
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ func (m *Memory) Set32(offset uint64, val *uint256.Int) {
 	if offset+32 > uint64(len(m.store)) {
 		panic("invalid memory: store empty")
 	}
-	// Zero the memory area
-	copy(m.store[offset:offset+32], []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0})
 	// Fill in relevant bits
-	val.WriteToSlice(m.store[offset:])
+	b32 := val.Bytes32()
+	copy(m.store[offset:], b32[:])
 }
 
 // Resize resizes the memory to size