diff --git a/substrate/frame/executive/src/lib.rs b/substrate/frame/executive/src/lib.rs
index 572d58d86b..59e9cae198 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/executive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/executive/src/lib.rs
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ mod tests {
 				header: Header {
 					parent_hash: [69u8; 32].into(),
 					number: 1,
-					state_root: hex!("6a3ad91caba5b8ac15c325a36d7568adf6a7e49321865de7527b851d870343d4").into(),
+					state_root: hex!("ba1a82a264b8007e0c04c9ea35e541593daad08b6e2bf7c0a6780a67d1c55018").into(),
 					extrinsics_root: hex!("03170a2e7597b7b7e3d84c05391d139a62b157e78786d8c082f29dcf4c111314").into(),
 					digest: Digest { logs: vec![], },
 				},
diff --git a/substrate/frame/system/src/lib.rs b/substrate/frame/system/src/lib.rs
index 7273ca09aa..c5586f9856 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/system/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/system/src/lib.rs
@@ -1013,15 +1013,27 @@ impl<T: Config> Module<T> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/// Remove temporary "environment" entries in storage.
+	/// Remove temporary "environment" entries in storage, compute the storage root and return the
+	/// resulting header for this block.
 	pub fn finalize() -> T::Header {
 		ExecutionPhase::kill();
 		ExtrinsicCount::kill();
 		AllExtrinsicsLen::kill();
 
-		let number = <Number<T>>::take();
-		let parent_hash = <ParentHash<T>>::take();
-		let mut digest = <Digest<T>>::take();
+		// The following fields
+		//
+		// - <Events<T>>
+		// - <EventCount<T>>
+		// - <EventTopics<T>>
+		// - <Number<T>>
+		// - <ParentHash<T>>
+		// - <Digest<T>>
+		//
+		// stay to be inspected by the client and will be cleared by `Self::initialize`.
+		let number = <Number<T>>::get();
+		let parent_hash = <ParentHash<T>>::get();
+		let mut digest = <Digest<T>>::get();
+
 		let extrinsics_root = <ExtrinsicsRoot<T>>::take();
 
 		// move block hash pruning window by one block
@@ -1049,14 +1061,6 @@ impl<T: Config> Module<T> {
 			digest.push(item);
 		}
 
-		// The following fields
-		//
-		// - <Events<T>>
-		// - <EventCount<T>>
-		// - <EventTopics<T>>
-		//
-		// stay to be inspected by the client and will be cleared by `Self::initialize`.
-
 		<T::Header as traits::Header>::new(number, extrinsics_root, storage_root, parent_hash, digest)
 	}