diff --git a/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/debug_api.go b/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/debug_api.go
index 682c6a6e524..d757ddce2c2 100644
--- a/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/debug_api.go
+++ b/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/debug_api.go
@@ -205,8 +205,12 @@ func (api *PrivateDebugAPIImpl) GetModifiedAccountsByNumber(ctx context.Context,
 // getModifiedAccountsV3 returns a list of addresses that were modified in the block range
 // [startNum:endNum)
 func getModifiedAccountsV3(tx kv.TemporalTx, startTxNum, endTxNum uint64) ([]common.Address, error) {
+	it, err := tx.HistoryRange(temporal.AccountsHistory, int(startTxNum), int(endTxNum), order.Asc, -1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	changedAddrs := make(map[common.Address]struct{})
-	it, _ := tx.HistoryRange(temporal.AccountsHistory, int(startTxNum), int(endTxNum), order.Asc, -1)
 	for it.HasNext() {
 		k, _, err := it.Next()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/state/temporal/kv_temporal.go b/core/state/temporal/kv_temporal.go
index 38cad43c2e5..fc86d125337 100644
--- a/core/state/temporal/kv_temporal.go
+++ b/core/state/temporal/kv_temporal.go
@@ -343,15 +343,19 @@ func (tx *Tx) HistoryRange(name kv.History, fromTs, toTs int, asc order.By, limi
 	}
 	switch name {
 	case AccountsHistory:
-		it = tx.agg.AccountHistoryIterateChanged(fromTs, toTs, asc, limit, tx)
-		return it, nil
+		it, err = tx.agg.AccountHistoryIterateChanged(fromTs, toTs, asc, limit, tx)
 	case StorageHistory:
-		it = tx.agg.StorageHistoryIterateChanged(fromTs, toTs, asc, limit, tx)
-		return it, nil
+		it, err = tx.agg.StorageHistoryIterateChanged(fromTs, toTs, asc, limit, tx)
 	case CodeHistory:
-		it = tx.agg.CodeHistoryIterateChanged(fromTs, toTs, asc, limit, tx)
-		return it, nil
+		it, err = tx.agg.CodeHistoryIterateChanged(fromTs, toTs, asc, limit, tx)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected history name: %s", name)
 	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if closer, ok := it.(kv.Closer); ok {
+		tx.resourcesToClose = append(tx.resourcesToClose, closer)
+	}
+	return it, err
 }