diff --git a/core/vm/evm.go b/core/vm/evm.go
index 344435f73..cbb5a03ce 100644
--- a/core/vm/evm.go
+++ b/core/vm/evm.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type (
 )
 
 // run runs the given contract and takes care of running precompiles with a fallback to the byte code interpreter.
-func run(evm *EVM, snapshot int, contract *Contract, input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func run(evm *EVM, contract *Contract, input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	if contract.CodeAddr != nil {
 		precompiles := PrecompiledContractsHomestead
 		if evm.ChainConfig().IsByzantium(evm.BlockNumber) {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func run(evm *EVM, snapshot int, contract *Contract, input []byte) ([]byte, erro
 			return RunPrecompiledContract(p, input, contract)
 		}
 	}
-	return evm.interpreter.Run(snapshot, contract, input)
+	return evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input)
 }
 
 // Context provides the EVM with auxiliary information. Once provided
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) Call(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte, gas
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, value, gas)
 	contract.SetCallCode(&addr, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addr), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addr))
 
-	ret, err = run(evm, snapshot, contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	// When an error was returned by the EVM or when setting the creation code
 	// above we revert to the snapshot and consume any gas remaining. Additionally
 	// when we're in homestead this also counts for code storage gas errors.
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) CallCode(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte,
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, value, gas)
 	contract.SetCallCode(&addr, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addr), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addr))
 
-	ret, err = run(evm, snapshot, contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		evm.StateDB.RevertToSnapshot(snapshot)
 		if err != errExecutionReverted {
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) DelegateCall(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []by
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, nil, gas).AsDelegate()
 	contract.SetCallCode(&addr, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addr), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addr))
 
-	ret, err = run(evm, snapshot, contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		evm.StateDB.RevertToSnapshot(snapshot)
 		if err != errExecutionReverted {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) StaticCall(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte
 	// When an error was returned by the EVM or when setting the creation code
 	// above we revert to the snapshot and consume any gas remaining. Additionally
 	// when we're in Homestead this also counts for code storage gas errors.
-	ret, err = run(evm, snapshot, contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		evm.StateDB.RevertToSnapshot(snapshot)
 		if err != errExecutionReverted {
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) Create(caller ContractRef, code []byte, gas uint64, value *big.I
 	if evm.vmConfig.NoRecursion && evm.depth > 0 {
 		return nil, contractAddr, gas, nil
 	}
-	ret, err = run(evm, snapshot, contract, nil)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, nil)
 	// check whether the max code size has been exceeded
 	maxCodeSizeExceeded := evm.ChainConfig().IsEIP158(evm.BlockNumber) && len(ret) > params.MaxCodeSize
 	// if the contract creation ran successfully and no errors were returned
diff --git a/core/vm/interpreter.go b/core/vm/interpreter.go
index ac6000f97..455f970dd 100644
--- a/core/vm/interpreter.go
+++ b/core/vm/interpreter.go
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ func (in *Interpreter) enforceRestrictions(op OpCode, operation operation, stack
 // the return byte-slice and an error if one occurred.
 //
 // It's important to note that any errors returned by the interpreter should be
-// considered a revert-and-consume-all-gas operation. No error specific checks
-// should be handled to reduce complexity and errors further down the in.
-func (in *Interpreter) Run(snapshot int, contract *Contract, input []byte) (ret []byte, err error) {
+// considered a revert-and-consume-all-gas operation except for
+// errExecutionReverted which means revert-and-keep-gas-left.
+func (in *Interpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte) (ret []byte, err error) {
 	// Increment the call depth which is restricted to 1024
 	in.evm.depth++
 	defer func() { in.evm.depth-- }()
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/tracer_test.go b/internal/ethapi/tracer_test.go
index 5093dafd6..0ef450ce3 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/tracer_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/tracer_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func runTrace(tracer *JavascriptTracer) (interface{}, error) {
 	contract := vm.NewContract(account{}, account{}, big.NewInt(0), 10000)
 	contract.Code = []byte{byte(vm.PUSH1), 0x1, byte(vm.PUSH1), 0x1, 0x0}
 
-	_, err := env.Interpreter().Run(0, contract, []byte{})
+	_, err := env.Interpreter().Run(contract, []byte{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}