diff --git a/cairo_zero/kakarot/instructions/system_operations.cairo b/cairo_zero/kakarot/instructions/system_operations.cairo
index 34f0f2eb7..020ce57f0 100644
--- a/cairo_zero/kakarot/instructions/system_operations.cairo
+++ b/cairo_zero/kakarot/instructions/system_operations.cairo
@@ -824,9 +824,9 @@ namespace SystemOperations {
 
         // If the account was created in the same transaction and recipient is self, the native token is burnt
         tempvar is_recipient_not_self = is_not_zero(recipient - evm.message.address.evm);
-
         if (self_account.created != FALSE) {
-            tempvar recipient = is_recipient_not_self * recipient;
+            tempvar recipient = (1 - is_recipient_not_self) * Constants.BURN_ADDRESS +
+                is_recipient_not_self * recipient;
         } else {
             tempvar recipient = recipient;
         }