diff --git a/database/gov.go b/database/gov.go
index 660db8398..ee87aaa60 100644
--- a/database/gov.go
+++ b/database/gov.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
+	codectypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
 	govtypesv1 "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1"
 	upgradetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/types"
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
@@ -130,9 +131,7 @@ INSERT INTO proposal(
 
 // GetProposal returns the proposal with the given id, or nil if not found
 func (db *Db) GetProposal(id uint64) (types.Proposal, error) {
-	var proposal types.Proposal
 	var rows []*dbtypes.ProposalRow
-
 	err := db.SQL.Select(&rows, `SELECT * FROM proposal WHERE id = $1`, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return types.Proposal{}, err
@@ -143,14 +142,60 @@ func (db *Db) GetProposal(id uint64) (types.Proposal, error) {
 	}
 
 	row := rows[0]
-	proposal.ID = row.ProposalID
-	proposal.Status = row.Status
-	proposal.VotingStartTime = dbtypes.NullTimeToTime(row.VotingStartTime)
-	proposal.VotingEndTime = dbtypes.NullTimeToTime(row.VotingEndTime)
 
+	trimContent := strings.TrimPrefix(row.Content, "{")
+	trimContent = strings.TrimPrefix(trimContent, "}")
+	jsonMessages := strings.Split(trimContent, ",")
+
+	var messages []*codectypes.Any
+	for _, jsonMessage := range jsonMessages {
+		var msg codectypes.Any
+		err = db.Cdc.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(jsonMessage), &msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return types.Proposal{}, err
+		}
+		messages = append(messages, &msg)
+	}
+
+	proposal := types.NewProposal(
+		row.ProposalID,
+		row.Title,
+		row.Description,
+		row.Metadata,
+		messages,
+		row.Status,
+		row.SubmitTime,
+		row.DepositEndTime,
+		dbtypes.NullTimeToTime(row.VotingStartTime),
+		dbtypes.NullTimeToTime(row.VotingEndTime),
+		row.Proposer,
+	)
 	return proposal, nil
 }
 
+// GetProposalForUpdate returns a proposal with data required by NewProposalUpdate type
+func (db *Db) GetProposalForUpdate(id uint64) (types.ProposalUpdate, error) {
+	var proposalForUpdate types.ProposalUpdate
+	var rows []*dbtypes.ProposalRow
+
+	err := db.SQL.Select(&rows, `SELECT status, voting_start_time, voting_end_time FROM proposal WHERE id = $1`, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return types.ProposalUpdate{}, err
+	}
+
+	if len(rows) == 0 {
+		return types.ProposalUpdate{}, nil
+	}
+
+	row := rows[0]
+	proposalForUpdate.ProposalID = id
+	proposalForUpdate.Status = row.Status
+	proposalForUpdate.VotingStartTime = dbtypes.NullTimeToTime(row.VotingStartTime)
+	proposalForUpdate.VotingEndTime = dbtypes.NullTimeToTime(row.VotingEndTime)
+
+	return proposalForUpdate, nil
+}
+
 // GetOpenProposalsIds returns all the ids of the proposals that are in deposit or voting period at the given block time
 func (db *Db) GetOpenProposalsIds(blockTime time.Time) ([]uint64, error) {
 	var ids []uint64
diff --git a/modules/gov/utils_proposal.go b/modules/gov/utils_proposal.go
index 5649ee621..3784ee08c 100644
--- a/modules/gov/utils_proposal.go
+++ b/modules/gov/utils_proposal.go
@@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ func (m *Module) UpdateProposalStakingPoolSnapshot(height int64, blockVals *tmct
 // updateDeletedProposalStatus updates the proposal having the given id by setting its status
 // to the one that represents a deleted proposal
 func (m *Module) updateDeletedProposalStatus(id uint64) error {
-	stored, err := m.db.GetProposal(id)
+	proposalForUpdate, err := m.db.GetProposalForUpdate(id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	return m.db.UpdateProposal(
 		types.NewProposalUpdate(
-			stored.ID,
+			proposalForUpdate.ProposalID,
 			types.ProposalStatusInvalid,
-			stored.VotingStartTime,
-			stored.VotingEndTime,
+			proposalForUpdate.VotingStartTime,
+			proposalForUpdate.VotingEndTime,
 		),
 	)
 }