diff --git a/miner/verify_bundles.go b/miner/verify_bundles.go
index d385b3a612..300e109b0b 100644
--- a/miner/verify_bundles.go
+++ b/miner/verify_bundles.go
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ func checkBundlesAtomicity(
 		var (
 			firstTxBlockIdx  int
 			firstTxBundleIdx int
+			firstTxFound     = false
 		)
 		// 1. locate the first included tx of the bundle
 		for bundleIdx, tx := range b {
@@ -204,11 +205,22 @@ func checkBundlesAtomicity(
 				return NewErrBundleTxReverted(bundleHash, tx.hash, bundleIdx)
 			}
 
+			// optional txs can be outside the bundle, so we don't use them to determine ordering of the bundle
+			if tx.canRevert {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			firstTxBlockIdx = txInclusion.index
 			firstTxBundleIdx = bundleIdx
+			firstTxFound = true
 			break
 		}
 
+		// none of the txs from the bundle are included
+		if !firstTxFound {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		currentBlockTx := firstTxBlockIdx + 1
 		// locate other txs in the bundle
 		for idx, tx := range b[firstTxBundleIdx+1:] {
@@ -226,16 +238,21 @@ func checkBundlesAtomicity(
 				}
 			}
 
+			if txInclusion.reverted && !tx.canRevert {
+				return NewErrBundleTxReverted(bundleHash, tx.hash, bundleIdx)
+			}
+
+			// we don't do position check for optional txs
+			if tx.canRevert {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// we allow gaps between txs in the bundle,
 			// but txs must be in the right order
 			if txInclusion.index < currentBlockTx {
 				return NewErrBundleTxWrongPlace(bundleHash, tx.hash, bundleIdx, txInclusion.index, currentBlockTx)
 			}
 
-			if txInclusion.reverted && !tx.canRevert {
-				return NewErrBundleTxReverted(bundleHash, tx.hash, bundleIdx)
-			}
-
 			currentBlockTx = txInclusion.index + 1
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/miner/verify_bundles_test.go b/miner/verify_bundles_test.go
index c4d12e39d9..426ba1d8b4 100644
--- a/miner/verify_bundles_test.go
+++ b/miner/verify_bundles_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ func TestVerifyBundlesAtomicity(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedErr error
 	}{
 		// Success cases
+		{
+			name: "Simple bundle with 1 tx included",
+			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb1"): {
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), canRevert: false},
+				},
+			},
+			includedTxDataByHash: map[common.Hash]includedTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb11"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), index: 0, reverted: false},
+			},
+			privateTxData:   nil,
+			mempoolTxHashes: nil,
+			expectedErr:     nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Simple bundle included",
 			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
@@ -120,6 +134,24 @@ func TestVerifyBundlesAtomicity(t *testing.T) {
 			privateTxData:   nil,
 			expectedErr:     nil,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Bundle marked included but none of the txs are included (all optional)",
+			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb1"): {
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), canRevert: true},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), canRevert: true},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb13"), canRevert: true},
+				},
+			},
+			includedTxDataByHash: map[common.Hash]includedTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xc1"), index: 0, reverted: false},
+			},
+			mempoolTxHashes: map[common.Hash]struct{}{
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"): {},
+			},
+			privateTxData: nil,
+			expectedErr:   nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Simple bundle included with all revertible tx, last of them is included as success",
 			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
@@ -185,6 +217,76 @@ func TestVerifyBundlesAtomicity(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: nil,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Two bundles included, one have optional tx in the middle that gets included as part of other bundle",
+			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb1"): {
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), canRevert: true},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), canRevert: false},
+				},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb2"): {
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb21"), canRevert: false},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), canRevert: true},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb22"), canRevert: false},
+				},
+			},
+			includedTxDataByHash: map[common.Hash]includedTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb00"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), index: 0, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb12"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), index: 1, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"):  {hash: common.HexToHash("0xc1"), index: 2, reverted: true},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb21"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb21"), index: 3, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb22"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb22"), index: 4, reverted: false},
+			},
+			privateTxData: nil,
+			mempoolTxHashes: map[common.Hash]struct{}{
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"): {},
+			},
+			expectedErr: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Optional tx in the middle of the bundle was included after the bundle as part of mempool",
+			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb1"): {
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), canRevert: false},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), canRevert: true},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), canRevert: false},
+				},
+			},
+			includedTxDataByHash: map[common.Hash]includedTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb11"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), index: 0, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb12"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), index: 1, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"):  {hash: common.HexToHash("0xc1"), index: 2, reverted: true},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb00"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), index: 3, reverted: false},
+			},
+			privateTxData: nil,
+			mempoolTxHashes: map[common.Hash]struct{}{
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"):  {},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb00"): {},
+			},
+			expectedErr: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Optional tx in the middle of the bundle was included before the bundle as part of mempool",
+			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb1"): {
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), canRevert: false},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), canRevert: true},
+					{hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), canRevert: false},
+				},
+			},
+			includedTxDataByHash: map[common.Hash]includedTxData{
+				common.HexToHash("0xb00"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb00"), index: 0, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb11"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb11"), index: 1, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb12"): {hash: common.HexToHash("0xb12"), index: 2, reverted: false},
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"):  {hash: common.HexToHash("0xc1"), index: 3, reverted: true},
+			},
+			privateTxData: nil,
+			mempoolTxHashes: map[common.Hash]struct{}{
+				common.HexToHash("0xc1"):  {},
+				common.HexToHash("0xb00"): {},
+			},
+			expectedErr: nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Private tx from overlapping included bundle included",
 			includedBundles: map[common.Hash][]bundleTxData{
@@ -423,7 +525,7 @@ func TestVerifyBundlesAtomicity(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			} else {
 				require.Error(t, err)
-				require.Equal(t, err, test.expectedErr)
+				require.Equal(t, test.expectedErr, err)
 			}
 		})
 	}