diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage/consumer.rs b/core/src/banking_stage/consumer.rs
index d8fa4e87be4af3..bc965b781f1d4e 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage/consumer.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage/consumer.rs
@@ -413,12 +413,20 @@ impl Consumer {
         let pre_results = vec![Ok(()); txs.len()];
         let check_results =
             bank.check_transactions(txs, &pre_results, MAX_PROCESSING_AGE, &mut error_counters);
-        let check_results = check_results.into_iter().map(|result| result.map(|_| ()));
+        // If checks passed, verify pre-compiles and continue processing on success.
+        let check_results: Vec<_> = txs
+            .iter()
+            .zip(check_results)
+            .map(|(tx, result)| match result {
+                Ok(_) => tx.verify_precompiles(&bank.feature_set),
+                Err(err) => Err(err),
+            })
+            .collect();
         let mut output = self.process_and_record_transactions_with_pre_results(
             bank,
             txs,
             chunk_offset,
-            check_results,
+            check_results.into_iter(),
         );
 
         // Accumulate error counters from the initial checks into final results
@@ -435,11 +443,13 @@ impl Consumer {
         txs: &[SanitizedTransaction],
         max_slot_ages: &[Slot],
     ) -> ProcessTransactionBatchOutput {
+        // Verify pre-compiles.
         // Need to filter out transactions since they were sanitized earlier.
         // This means that the transaction may cross and epoch boundary (not allowed),
         //  or account lookup tables may have been closed.
         let pre_results = txs.iter().zip(max_slot_ages).map(|(tx, max_slot_age)| {
             if *max_slot_age < bank.slot() {
+                // Pre-compiles are verified here.
                 // Attempt re-sanitization after epoch-cross.
                 // Re-sanitized transaction should be equal to the original transaction,
                 // but whether it will pass sanitization needs to be checked.
@@ -450,6 +460,8 @@ impl Consumer {
                     return Err(TransactionError::ResanitizationNeeded);
                 }
             } else {
+                // Verify pre-compiles.
+                tx.verify_precompiles(&bank.feature_set)?;
                 // Any transaction executed between sanitization time and now may have closed the lookup table(s).
                 // Above re-sanitization already loads addresses, so don't need to re-check in that case.
                 let lookup_tables = tx.message().message_address_table_lookups();
diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage/immutable_deserialized_packet.rs b/core/src/banking_stage/immutable_deserialized_packet.rs
index 0c0cc00d1a3653..bd64b81f77ec3a 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage/immutable_deserialized_packet.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage/immutable_deserialized_packet.rs
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ impl ImmutableDeserializedPacket {
     }
 
     // This function deserializes packets into transactions, computes the blake3 hash of transaction
-    // messages, and verifies secp256k1 instructions.
+    // messages.
     pub fn build_sanitized_transaction(
         &self,
-        feature_set: &Arc<feature_set::FeatureSet>,
+        _feature_set: &Arc<feature_set::FeatureSet>,
         votes_only: bool,
         address_loader: impl AddressLoader,
         reserved_account_keys: &HashSet<Pubkey>,
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ impl ImmutableDeserializedPacket {
             reserved_account_keys,
         )
         .ok()?;
-        tx.verify_precompiles(feature_set).ok()?;
         Some(tx)
     }
 }