diff --git a/core/types/block.go b/core/types/block.go
index cf119116527..a48e4f94440 100644
--- a/core/types/block.go
+++ b/core/types/block.go
@@ -1680,51 +1680,36 @@ func SealHash(header *Header, chainId *big.Int) (hash libcommon.Hash) {
 }
 
 func EncodeSigHeader(w io.Writer, header *Header, chainId *big.Int) {
-	var err error
-	if header.ParentBeaconBlockRoot != nil && *header.ParentBeaconBlockRoot == (libcommon.Hash{}) {
-		err = rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{
-			chainId,
-			header.ParentHash,
-			header.UncleHash,
-			header.Coinbase,
-			header.Root,
-			header.TxHash,
-			header.ReceiptHash,
-			header.Bloom,
-			header.Difficulty,
-			header.Number,
-			header.GasLimit,
-			header.GasUsed,
-			header.Time,
-			header.Extra[:len(header.Extra)-extraSeal], // this will panic if extra is too short, should check before calling encodeSigHeader
-			header.MixDigest,
-			header.Nonce,
-			header.BaseFee,
+	toEncode := []interface{}{
+		chainId,
+		header.ParentHash,
+		header.UncleHash,
+		header.Coinbase,
+		header.Root,
+		header.TxHash,
+		header.ReceiptHash,
+		header.Bloom,
+		header.Difficulty,
+		header.Number,
+		header.GasLimit,
+		header.GasUsed,
+		header.Time,
+		header.Extra[:len(header.Extra)-extraSeal], // this will panic if extra is too short, should check before calling encodeSigHeader
+		header.MixDigest,
+		header.Nonce,
+	}
+	if header.ParentBeaconBlockRoot != nil {
+		toEncode = append(toEncode, header.BaseFee,
 			header.WithdrawalsHash,
 			header.BlobGasUsed,
 			header.ExcessBlobGas,
-			header.ParentBeaconBlockRoot,
-		})
-	} else {
-		err = rlp.Encode(w, []interface{}{
-			chainId,
-			header.ParentHash,
-			header.UncleHash,
-			header.Coinbase,
-			header.Root,
-			header.TxHash,
-			header.ReceiptHash,
-			header.Bloom,
-			header.Difficulty,
-			header.Number,
-			header.GasLimit,
-			header.GasUsed,
-			header.Time,
-			header.Extra[:len(header.Extra)-extraSeal], // this will panic if extra is too short, should check before calling encodeSigHeader
-			header.MixDigest,
-			header.Nonce,
-		})
+			header.ParentBeaconBlockRoot)
+
+		if header.RequestsHash != nil {
+			toEncode = append(toEncode, header.RequestsHash)
+		}
 	}
+	err := rlp.Encode(w, toEncode)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("can't encode: " + err.Error())
 	}