diff --git a/chain/actors/builtin/market/diff.go b/chain/actors/builtin/market/diff.go
index d0b4a2fd3f6..ed581b5b4ef 100644
--- a/chain/actors/builtin/market/diff.go
+++ b/chain/actors/builtin/market/diff.go
@@ -9,7 +9,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 func DiffDealProposals(pre, cur DealProposals) (*DealProposalChanges, error) {
+	preRoot, err := pre.array().Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	curRoot, err := cur.array().Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	results := new(DealProposalChanges)
+	// no change.
+	if curRoot.Equals(preRoot) {
+		return results, nil
+	}
+
 	if err := adt.DiffAdtArray(pre.array(), cur.array(), &marketProposalsDiffer{results, pre, cur}); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("diffing deal states: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -45,7 +59,21 @@ func (d *marketProposalsDiffer) Remove(key uint64, val *cbg.Deferred) error {
 }
 
 func DiffDealStates(pre, cur DealStates) (*DealStateChanges, error) {
+	preRoot, err := pre.array().Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	curRoot, err := cur.array().Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	results := new(DealStateChanges)
+	// no change.
+	if curRoot.Equals(preRoot) {
+		return results, nil
+	}
+
 	if err := adt.DiffAdtArray(pre.array(), cur.array(), &marketStatesDiffer{results, pre, cur}); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("diffing deal states: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/chain/actors/builtin/miner/diff.go b/chain/actors/builtin/miner/diff.go
index dde4db89002..7b08d5520ee 100644
--- a/chain/actors/builtin/miner/diff.go
+++ b/chain/actors/builtin/miner/diff.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func DiffPreCommits(pre, cur State) (*PreCommitChanges, error) {
-	results := new(PreCommitChanges)
-
 	prep, err := pre.precommits()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -19,6 +17,22 @@ func DiffPreCommits(pre, cur State) (*PreCommitChanges, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	preRoot, err := prep.Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	curRoot, err := curp.Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	results := new(PreCommitChanges)
+	// no change.
+	if curRoot.Equals(preRoot) {
+		return results, nil
+	}
+
 	err = adt.DiffAdtMap(prep, curp, &preCommitDiffer{results, pre, cur})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -63,8 +77,6 @@ func (m *preCommitDiffer) Remove(key string, val *cbg.Deferred) error {
 }
 
 func DiffSectors(pre, cur State) (*SectorChanges, error) {
-	results := new(SectorChanges)
-
 	pres, err := pre.sectors()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -75,6 +87,22 @@ func DiffSectors(pre, cur State) (*SectorChanges, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	preRoot, err := pres.Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	curRoot, err := curs.Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	results := new(SectorChanges)
+	// no change.
+	if curRoot.Equals(preRoot) {
+		return results, nil
+	}
+
 	err = adt.DiffAdtArray(pres, curs, &sectorDiffer{results, pre, cur})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/chain/actors/builtin/power/diff.go b/chain/actors/builtin/power/diff.go
index 3daa7056956..2d99304e435 100644
--- a/chain/actors/builtin/power/diff.go
+++ b/chain/actors/builtin/power/diff.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ type ClaimInfo struct {
 }
 
 func DiffClaims(pre, cur State) (*ClaimChanges, error) {
-	results := new(ClaimChanges)
 
 	prec, err := pre.claims()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -38,6 +37,21 @@ func DiffClaims(pre, cur State) (*ClaimChanges, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	preRoot, err := prec.Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	curRoot, err := curc.Root()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	results := new(ClaimChanges)
+	// no change.
+	if preRoot.Equals(curRoot) {
+		return results, nil
+	}
+
 	if err := adt.DiffAdtMap(prec, curc, &claimDiffer{results, pre, cur}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}