diff --git a/evm_loader/program/src/evm/database.rs b/evm_loader/program/src/evm/database.rs
index 803d0cff6..b2087ce7b 100644
--- a/evm_loader/program/src/evm/database.rs
+++ b/evm_loader/program/src/evm/database.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ pub trait Database {
         chain_id: u64,
         value: U256,
     ) -> Result<()>;
-
-    async fn code_hash(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<[u8; 32]>;
     async fn code_size(&self, address: Address) -> Result<usize>;
     async fn code(&self, address: Address) -> Result<Buffer>;
     fn set_code(&mut self, address: Address, chain_id: u64, code: Vec<u8>) -> Result<()>;
@@ -51,3 +49,44 @@ pub trait Database {
         is_static: bool,
     ) -> Option<Result<Vec<u8>>>;
 }
+
+/// Provides convenience methods that can be implemented in terms of `Database`.
+#[maybe_async(?Send)]
+pub trait DatabaseExt {
+    /// Returns whether an account exists, which is also referred to as the account being non-empty,
+    /// in accordance with https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-161.
+    async fn account_exists(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<bool>;
+
+    /// Returns the code has for an address in accordance with https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1052.
+    async fn code_hash(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<[u8; 32]>;
+}
+
+#[maybe_async(?Send)]
+impl<T: Database> DatabaseExt for T {
+    async fn account_exists(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(self.nonce(address, chain_id).await? > 0 || self.balance(address, chain_id).await? > 0)
+    }
+
+    async fn code_hash(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<[u8; 32]> {
+        // `self.code` will return an empty buffer when the account does not exist, and when the
+        // account exists but does not have any code. For that reason we also have to check if the
+        // account exists if the buffer is empty since we must return [0u8; 32] if it does not. We
+        // could check if the account exists first, but that would lead to more computations in the
+        // common case where the account exists and contains code.
+        let buffer = self.code(address).await?;
+        let bytes_to_hash = if !buffer.is_empty() {
+            // A program account exists at the address.
+            Some(&*buffer)
+        } else if self.account_exists(address, chain_id).await? {
+            // A data account exists at the address.
+            Some(<&[u8]>::default())
+        } else {
+            // No account exists at the address.
+            None
+        };
+
+        Ok(bytes_to_hash
+            .map(|bytes| solana_program::keccak::hash(bytes).to_bytes())
+            .unwrap_or_default())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/evm_loader/program/src/evm/opcode.rs b/evm_loader/program/src/evm/opcode.rs
index acc9ed5dc..165111245 100644
--- a/evm_loader/program/src/evm/opcode.rs
+++ b/evm_loader/program/src/evm/opcode.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use ethnum::{I256, U256};
 use maybe_async::maybe_async;
 use solana_program::log::sol_log_data;
 
-use super::{database::Database, tracing_event, Context, Machine, Reason};
+use super::{
+    database::{Database, DatabaseExt},
+    tracing_event, Context, Machine, Reason,
+};
 use crate::{
     error::{Error, Result},
     evm::{trace_end_step, Buffer},
diff --git a/evm_loader/program/src/executor/state.rs b/evm_loader/program/src/executor/state.rs
index 1b3ad8cd7..5a79b16a8 100644
--- a/evm_loader/program/src/executor/state.rs
+++ b/evm_loader/program/src/executor/state.rs
@@ -284,32 +284,6 @@ impl<'a, B: AccountStorage> Database for ExecutorState<'a, B> {
         Ok(self.backend.code_size(from_address).await)
     }
 
-    async fn code_hash(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<[u8; 32]> {
-        // https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1052
-        // https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-161
-
-        // `self.code` will return an empty buffer when the account does not exist, and when the
-        // account exists but does not have any code. For that reason we also have to check if the
-        // account exists if the buffer is empty since we must return [0u8; 32] if it does not. We
-        // could check if the account exists first, but that would lead to more computations in the
-        // common case where the account exists and contains code.
-        let buffer = self.code(address).await?;
-        let bytes_to_hash = if !buffer.is_empty() {
-            // A program account exists at the address.
-            Some(&*buffer)
-        } else if self.account_exists(address, chain_id).await? {
-            // A data account exists at the address.
-            Some(Default::default())
-        } else {
-            // No account exists at the address.
-            None
-        };
-
-        Ok(bytes_to_hash
-            .map(|bytes| solana_program::keccak::hash(bytes).to_bytes())
-            .unwrap_or_default())
-    }
-
     async fn code(&self, from_address: Address) -> Result<crate::evm::Buffer> {
         for action in &self.actions {
             if let Action::EvmSetCode { address, code, .. } = action {
@@ -479,12 +453,3 @@ impl<'a, B: AccountStorage> Database for ExecutorState<'a, B> {
         self.backend.contract_chain_id(contract).await
     }
 }
-
-impl<'a, B: AccountStorage> ExecutorState<'a, B> {
-    /// Returns whether an account exists, which is also referred to as the account being non-empty,
-    /// in accordance with https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-161.
-    #[maybe_async]
-    async fn account_exists(&self, address: Address, chain_id: u64) -> Result<bool> {
-        Ok(self.nonce(address, chain_id).await? > 0 || self.balance(address, chain_id).await? > 0)
-    }
-}