diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/fees.rs b/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/fees.rs
index dca3fbd33..f0fe9e0de 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/fees.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/fees.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ pub(crate) fn compute_host_function_transaction_data_and_min_fee(
         calculate_host_function_soroban_resources(&ledger_changes, &post_storage.footprint, budget)
             .context("cannot compute host function resources")?;
 
-    let read_write_entries = u32::try_from(soroban_resources.footprint.read_write.as_vec().len())?;
-
     let contract_events_size =
         calculate_contract_events_size_bytes(events).context("cannot calculate events size")?;
     let invocation_return_size = u32::try_from(invocation_result.to_xdr()?.len())?;
@@ -53,9 +51,8 @@ pub(crate) fn compute_host_function_transaction_data_and_min_fee(
 
     let transaction_resources = TransactionResources {
         instructions: soroban_resources.instructions,
-        read_entries: u32::try_from(soroban_resources.footprint.read_only.as_vec().len())?
-            + read_write_entries,
-        write_entries: read_write_entries,
+        read_entries: u32::try_from(soroban_resources.footprint.read_only.as_vec().len())?,
+        write_entries: u32::try_from(soroban_resources.footprint.read_write.as_vec().len())?,
         read_bytes: soroban_resources.read_bytes,
         write_bytes: soroban_resources.write_bytes,
         // Note: we could get a better transaction size if the full transaction was passed down to libpreflight