diff --git a/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py b/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py
index a4d8e2b8c0..141ef67acb 100644
--- a/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py
+++ b/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ def check_transaction(
         max_gas_fee = tx.gas * tx.gas_price
 
     if isinstance(tx, BlobTransaction):
+        if not isinstance(tx.to, Address):
+            raise InvalidBlock
+        if len(tx.blob_versioned_hashes) == 0:
+            raise InvalidBlock
         for blob_versioned_hash in tx.blob_versioned_hashes:
             if blob_versioned_hash[0:1] != VERSIONED_HASH_VERSION_KZG:
                 raise InvalidBlock