diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 97292c8f8b16..0ebfcac75ee1 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ cosmossdk.io/math v1.0.0-beta.3.0.20220726092710-f848e4300a8a/go.mod h1:3LYasri3
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d h1:nalkkPQcITbvhmL4+C4cKA87NW0tfm3Kl9VXRoPywFg=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0 h1:Shsta01QNfFxHCfpW6YH2STWB0MudeXXEWMr20OEh60=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.2/go.mod h1:g4AWEaM3yOg3HYfnJ3YIawPnVdXJh9QME85blwSAmyw=
+github.com/Workiva/go-datastructures v1.0.53 h1:J6Y/52yX10Xc5JjXmGtWoSSxs3mZnGSaq37xZZh7Yig=
 github.com/Zilliqa/gozilliqa-sdk v1.2.1-0.20201201074141-dd0ecada1be6/go.mod h1:eSYp2T6f0apnuW8TzhV3f6Aff2SE8Dwio++U4ha4yEM=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20190315201642-aa6e0f35703c/go.mod h1:DrZx5ec/dmnfpw9KyYoQyYo7d0KEvTkk/5M/vbZjAr8=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190207003914-4c204d697803/go.mod h1:+5NJ2+qvTyV9exUAL/rxXi3DcLg2Ts+ymUAY5y4NvMg=
diff --git a/x/staking/simulation/operations.go b/x/staking/simulation/operations.go
index 542536fc8e82..c4dbd7ecd631 100644
--- a/x/staking/simulation/operations.go
+++ b/x/staking/simulation/operations.go
@@ -413,8 +413,22 @@ func SimulateMsgCancelUnbondingDelegate(ak types.AccountKeeper, bk types.BankKee
 			return simtypes.NoOpMsg(types.ModuleName, types.TypeMsgCancelUnbondingDelegation, "account does have any unbonding delegation"), nil, nil
 		}
 
-		// get random unbonding delegation entry at block height
-		unbondingDelegationEntry := unbondingDelegation.Entries[r.Intn(len(unbondingDelegation.Entries))]
+		// This is a temporary fix to make staking simulation pass. We should fetch
+		// the first unbondingDelegationEntry that matches the creationHeight, because
+		// currently the staking msgServer chooses the first unbondingDelegationEntry
+		// with the matching creationHeight.
+		//
+		// ref: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/12932
+		creationHeight := unbondingDelegation.Entries[r.Intn(len(unbondingDelegation.Entries))].CreationHeight
+
+		var unbondingDelegationEntry types.UnbondingDelegationEntry
+
+		for _, entry := range unbondingDelegation.Entries {
+			if entry.CreationHeight == creationHeight {
+				unbondingDelegationEntry = entry
+				break
+			}
+		}
 
 		if unbondingDelegationEntry.CompletionTime.Before(ctx.BlockTime()) {
 			return simtypes.NoOpMsg(types.ModuleName, types.TypeMsgCancelUnbondingDelegation, "unbonding delegation is already processed"), nil, nil