diff --git a/src/Neo/SmartContract/ApplicationEngine.Runtime.cs b/src/Neo/SmartContract/ApplicationEngine.Runtime.cs
index b39fd55a01..e54529f6d1 100644
--- a/src/Neo/SmartContract/ApplicationEngine.Runtime.cs
+++ b/src/Neo/SmartContract/ApplicationEngine.Runtime.cs
@@ -407,14 +407,19 @@ protected internal void SendNotification(UInt160 hash, string eventName, Array s
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="hash">The hash of the specified contract. It can be set to <see langword="null"/> to get all notifications.</param>
         /// <returns>The notifications sent during the execution.</returns>
-        protected internal NotifyEventArgs[] GetNotifications(UInt160 hash)
+        protected internal Array GetNotifications(UInt160 hash)
         {
             IEnumerable<NotifyEventArgs> notifications = Notifications;
             if (hash != null) // must filter by scriptHash
                 notifications = notifications.Where(p => p.ScriptHash == hash);
-            NotifyEventArgs[] array = notifications.ToArray();
+            var array = notifications.ToArray();
             if (array.Length > Limits.MaxStackSize) throw new InvalidOperationException();
-            return array;
+            Array notifyArray = new(ReferenceCounter);
+            foreach (var notify in array)
+            {
+                notifyArray.Add(notify.ToStackItem(ReferenceCounter, this));
+            }
+            return notifyArray;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Neo/SmartContract/NotifyEventArgs.cs b/src/Neo/SmartContract/NotifyEventArgs.cs
index 93c124ea88..257efb3a66 100644
--- a/src/Neo/SmartContract/NotifyEventArgs.cs
+++ b/src/Neo/SmartContract/NotifyEventArgs.cs
@@ -66,11 +66,31 @@ public void FromStackItem(StackItem stackItem)
         public StackItem ToStackItem(ReferenceCounter referenceCounter)
         {
             return new Array(referenceCounter)
+                {
+                    ScriptHash.ToArray(),
+                    EventName,
+                    State
+                };
+        }
+
+        public StackItem ToStackItem(ReferenceCounter referenceCounter, ApplicationEngine engine)
+        {
+            if (engine.IsHardforkEnabled(Hardfork.HF_Domovoi))
             {
-                ScriptHash.ToArray(),
-                EventName,
-                State
-            };
+                return new Array(referenceCounter)
+                {
+                    ScriptHash.ToArray(),
+                    EventName,
+                    State.OnStack ? State : State.DeepCopy(true)
+                };
+            }
+
+            return new Array(referenceCounter)
+                {
+                    ScriptHash.ToArray(),
+                    EventName,
+                    State
+                };
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Neo.UnitTests/SmartContract/UT_NotifyEventArgs.cs b/tests/Neo.UnitTests/SmartContract/UT_NotifyEventArgs.cs
index fdaeb9106e..59afbbb760 100644
--- a/tests/Neo.UnitTests/SmartContract/UT_NotifyEventArgs.cs
+++ b/tests/Neo.UnitTests/SmartContract/UT_NotifyEventArgs.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using Neo.Network.P2P.Payloads;
 using Neo.SmartContract;
+using Neo.VM;
+using Neo.VM.Types;
 
 namespace Neo.UnitTests.SmartContract
 {
@@ -27,5 +29,37 @@ public void TestGetScriptContainer()
             NotifyEventArgs args = new NotifyEventArgs(container, script_hash, "Test", null);
             args.ScriptContainer.Should().Be(container);
         }
+
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestIssue3300() // https://github.com/neo-project/neo/issues/3300
+        {
+            using var engine = ApplicationEngine.Create(TriggerType.Application, null, null, settings: TestProtocolSettings.Default, gas: 1100_00000000);
+            using (var script = new ScriptBuilder())
+            {
+                // Build call script calling disallowed method.
+                script.Emit(OpCode.NOP);
+                // Mock executing state to be a contract-based.
+                engine.LoadScript(script.ToArray());
+            }
+
+            var ns = new Array(engine.ReferenceCounter);
+            for (var i = 0; i < 500; i++)
+            {
+                ns.Add("");
+            };
+
+            var hash = UInt160.Parse("0x179ab5d297fd34ecd48643894242fc3527f42853");
+            engine.SendNotification(hash, "Test", ns);
+            // This should have being 0, but we have optimized the vm to not clean the reference counter
+            // unless it is necessary, so the reference counter will be 1000.
+            // Same reason why its 1504 instead of 504.
+            Assert.AreEqual(1000, engine.ReferenceCounter.Count);
+            // This will make a deepcopy for the notification, along with the 500 state items.
+            engine.GetNotifications(hash);
+            // With the fix of issue 3300, the reference counter calculates not only
+            // the notifaction items, but also the subitems of the notification state.
+            Assert.AreEqual(1504, engine.ReferenceCounter.Count);
+        }
     }
 }