diff --git a/primitives/state-machine/src/ext.rs b/primitives/state-machine/src/ext.rs
index e25a08adb0423..cd4f83661b9e3 100644
--- a/primitives/state-machine/src/ext.rs
+++ b/primitives/state-machine/src/ext.rs
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ where
 		).expect(EXT_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_FAIL);
 		self.backend.wipe().expect(EXT_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_FAIL);
 		self.mark_dirty();
+		self.overlay
+			.enter_runtime()
+			.expect("We have reset the overlay above, so we can not be in the runtime; qed");
 	}
 
 	fn commit(&mut self) {
@@ -593,6 +596,9 @@ where
 			changes.main_storage_changes,
 		).expect(EXT_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_FAIL);
 		self.mark_dirty();
+		self.overlay
+			.enter_runtime()
+			.expect("We have reset the overlay above, so we can not be in the runtime; qed");
 	}
 
 	fn read_write_count(&self) -> (u32, u32, u32, u32) {