diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 380cfa42220..9d1c5ab7ccb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 - Fixed: [#5627](https://github.com/ethereum/aleth/pull/5627) Correct testeth --help log output indentation.
 - Fixed: [#5644](https://github.com/ethereum/aleth/pull/5644) Avoid attempting to sync with disconnected peers.
 - Fixed: [#5647](https://github.com/ethereum/aleth/pull/5647) test_importRawBlock RPC method correctly fails in case of import failure.
+- Fixed: [#5652](https://github.com/ethereum/aleth/pull/5652) Behavior in corner case tests about touching empty Precompiles now agrees with geth's results.
 
 
 ## [1.6.0] - 2019-04-16
diff --git a/libethereum/State.cpp b/libethereum/State.cpp
index 3a9f8e4d91a..6fb9519984c 100644
--- a/libethereum/State.cpp
+++ b/libethereum/State.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ using namespace dev;
 using namespace dev::eth;
 namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
+namespace
+{
+Address const c_RipemdPrecompiledAddress{0x03};
+}
+
 State::State(u256 const& _accountStartNonce, OverlayDB const& _db, BaseState _bs):
     m_db(_db),
     m_state(&m_db),
@@ -589,8 +594,16 @@ void State::rollback(size_t _savepoint)
             account.resetCode();
             break;
         case Change::Touch:
-            account.untouch();
-            m_unchangedCacheEntries.emplace_back(change.address);
+            // Empty RIPEMD contract needs to be deleted even in case of exception.
+            // This doesn't affect main net, but is needed for some consensus tests.
+            // https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/3341/files#diff-2433aa143ee4772026454b8abd76b9dd
+            // https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/716
+            // https://github.com/ethereum/aleth/pull/5652
+            if (change.address != c_RipemdPrecompiledAddress)
+            {
+                account.untouch();
+                m_unchangedCacheEntries.emplace_back(change.address);
+            }
             break;
         }
         m_changeLog.pop_back();
diff --git a/test/jsontests b/test/jsontests
index 5018b8f30e9..7da7d745b3c 160000
--- a/test/jsontests
+++ b/test/jsontests
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5018b8f30e9e57a0d136ed40bc6ceab51b61e144
+Subproject commit 7da7d745b3cf0dbd944cf909a68bda293e6143c3