diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieImpl.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieImpl.java
index 6e7cf38f9a..1050b852c1 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieImpl.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieImpl.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public Node(byte[] hashOrRlp) {
 
         private Node(RLP.LList parsedRlp) {
             this.parsedRlp = parsedRlp;
+            this.rlp = parsedRlp.getEncoded();
         }
 
         private Node(Object[] children) {
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/RLP.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/RLP.java
index dd793ccb71..7f4c1f28c2 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/RLP.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/RLP.java
@@ -710,6 +710,14 @@ public LList(byte[] rlp) {
             this.rlp = rlp;
         }
 
+        public byte[] getEncoded() {
+            byte encoded[][] = new byte[cnt][];
+            for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+                encoded[i] = encodeElement(getBytes(i));
+            }
+            return encodeList(encoded);
+        }
+
         public void add(int off, int len, boolean isList) {
             offsets[cnt] = off;
             lens[cnt] = isList ? (-1 - len) : len;
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieTest.java b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieTest.java
index faf3dfdf11..1a9be3cfca 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieTest.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/trie/TrieTest.java
@@ -1078,6 +1078,34 @@ public void testBugFix() throws ParseException, IOException, URISyntaxException
                 Hex.decode("00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002f0000000000000000"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBugFix2() throws ParseException, IOException, URISyntaxException {
+
+        Source<byte[], byte[]> src = new HashMapDB<>();
+
+        // Create trie: root -> BranchNode (..., NodeValue (less than 32 bytes), ...)
+        TrieImpl trie = new TrieImpl(src);
+        trie.put(Hex.decode("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011"), Hex.decode("11"));
+        trie.put(Hex.decode("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000022"), Hex.decode("22"));
+        trie.flush();
+
+        // Reset trie to refresh the nodes
+        trie = new TrieImpl(src, trie.getRootHash());
+
+        // Update trie: root -> dirty BranchNode (..., NodeValue (less than 32 bytes), ..., dirty NodeValue, ...)
+        trie.put(Hex.decode("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000033"), Hex.decode("33"));
+
+        // BUG:
+        // In that case NodeValue (encoded as plain RLP list) isn't dirty
+        // while both rlp and hash fields are null, Node has been initialized with parsedRLP only
+        // Therefore any subsequent call to BranchNode.encode() fails with NPE
+
+        // FIX:
+        // Supply Node initialization with raw rlp value
+
+        assertEquals("36e350d9a1d9c02d5bc4539a05e51890784ea5d2b675a0b26725dbbdadb4d6e2", Hex.toHexString(trie.getRootHash()));
+    }
+
     @Ignore
     @Test
     public void perfTestGet() {