diff --git a/actors/market/src/lib.rs b/actors/market/src/lib.rs
index 1946f0db05..3275f3e569 100644
--- a/actors/market/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actors/market/src/lib.rs
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ impl Actor {
         rt: &impl Runtime,
         params: ProcessDealsParams,
     ) -> Result<ProcessDealsReturn, ActorError> {
+        rt.validate_immediate_caller_accept_any()?;
         let curr_epoch = rt.curr_epoch();
         let mut total_slashed = TokenAmount::zero();
         let mut expired_deals: Vec<DealID> = Vec::new();
diff --git a/actors/market/src/state.rs b/actors/market/src/state.rs
index 2d82b92b5d..98a9159835 100644
--- a/actors/market/src/state.rs
+++ b/actors/market/src/state.rs
@@ -675,13 +675,9 @@ impl State {
         let ever_slashed = state.slash_epoch != EPOCH_UNDEFINED;
 
         if !ever_updated {
-            self.remove_pending_deal(store, *deal_cid)?.ok_or_else(|| {
-                actor_error!(
-                    illegal_state,
-                    "failed to delete pending proposal: cid {} does not exist",
-                    deal_cid
-                )
-            })?;
+            // pending deal might have already been removed in first cron_tick, so we don't care if
+            // it's already missing
+            self.remove_pending_deal(store, *deal_cid)?;
         }
 
         // if the deal was ever updated, make sure it didn't happen in the future
diff --git a/integration_tests/src/tests/verified_claim_test.rs b/integration_tests/src/tests/verified_claim_test.rs
index 0389ac0b7f..c1e0e2d12d 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/tests/verified_claim_test.rs
+++ b/integration_tests/src/tests/verified_claim_test.rs
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ use crate::util::{
     advance_by_deadline_to_index, advance_to_proving_deadline, assert_invariants, create_accounts,
     create_miner, cron_tick, datacap_extend_claim, datacap_get_balance, expect_invariants,
     invariant_failure_patterns, market_add_balance, market_publish_deal,
-    miner_extend_sector_expiration2, miner_precommit_sector, miner_prove_sector, sector_deadline,
-    submit_windowed_post, verifreg_add_client, verifreg_add_verifier, verifreg_extend_claim_terms,
-    verifreg_remove_expired_allocations,
+    miner_extend_sector_expiration2, miner_precommit_sector, miner_prove_sector,
+    provider_process_deal_updates, sector_deadline, submit_windowed_post, verifreg_add_client,
+    verifreg_add_verifier, verifreg_extend_claim_terms, verifreg_remove_expired_allocations,
 };
 
 /// Tests a scenario involving a verified deal from the built-in market, with associated
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ pub fn verified_claim_scenario_test(v: &dyn VM) {
     assert_eq!(vec![claim_id], ret.considered);
     assert!(ret.results.all_ok(), "results had failures {}", ret.results);
 
+    // provider must process the deals to receive payment and cleanup state
+    provider_process_deal_updates(v, &miner_id, &deals);
+    // TODO: assert that the right payouts have been made
+
     expect_invariants(
         v,
         &Policy::default(),
diff --git a/integration_tests/src/util/workflows.rs b/integration_tests/src/util/workflows.rs
index 3726bbabf4..bec453dc94 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/util/workflows.rs
+++ b/integration_tests/src/util/workflows.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::cmp::min;
 
+use fil_actor_market::ProcessDealsParams;
 use frc46_token::receiver::FRC46TokenReceived;
 use frc46_token::receiver::FRC46_TOKEN_TYPE;
 use frc46_token::token::types::TransferFromParams;
@@ -523,6 +524,18 @@ pub fn miner_extend_sector_expiration2(
     .matches(v.take_invocations().last().unwrap());
 }
 
+pub fn provider_process_deal_updates(v: &dyn VM, provider: &Address, deals: &[DealID]) {
+    let params = ProcessDealsParams { deal_ids: deals.to_vec() };
+    apply_ok(
+        v,
+        provider,
+        &STORAGE_MARKET_ACTOR_ADDR,
+        &TokenAmount::zero(),
+        MarketMethod::ProcessDealUpdatesExported as u64,
+        Some(params),
+    );
+}
+
 pub fn advance_by_deadline_to_epoch(v: &dyn VM, maddr: &Address, e: ChainEpoch) -> DeadlineInfo {
     // keep advancing until the epoch of interest is within the deadline
     // if e is dline.last() == dline.close -1 cron is not run