diff --git a/node/block_processor/processor.go b/node/block_processor/processor.go
index a54180e27..4a55e5672 100644
--- a/node/block_processor/processor.go
+++ b/node/block_processor/processor.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func NewBlockProcessor(ctx context.Context, db DB, txapp TxApp, accounts Account
 		validators:  vs,
 		snapshotter: sp,
 		signer:      signer,
+		events:      es,
 		log:         logger,
 	}
 
diff --git a/node/block_processor/transactions.go b/node/block_processor/transactions.go
index 7fad77497..80a03eabe 100644
--- a/node/block_processor/transactions.go
+++ b/node/block_processor/transactions.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (bp *BlockProcessor) prepareValidatorVoteBodyTx(ctx context.Context, nonce
 		eventMap[*evt.ID()] = evt
 	}
 
-	emptyTxSz, err := bp.emptyVodeBodyTxSize()
+	emptyTxSz, err := bp.emptyVoteBodyTxSize()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (bp *BlockProcessor) prepareValidatorVoteBodyTx(ctx context.Context, nonce
 // emptyVodeBodyTxSize returns the size of an empty validator vote body transaction.
 // used to estimate the size of the validator vote body transactions with events as the
 // size is directly proportional to the events size.
-func (bp *BlockProcessor) emptyVodeBodyTxSize() (int64, error) {
+func (bp *BlockProcessor) emptyVoteBodyTxSize() (int64, error) {
 	payload := &types.ValidatorVoteBodies{
 		Events: []*types.VotableEvent{},
 	}
diff --git a/node/block_processor/transactions_test.go b/node/block_processor/transactions_test.go
index 68be4b5f3..baf3e025a 100644
--- a/node/block_processor/transactions_test.go
+++ b/node/block_processor/transactions_test.go
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ func TestPrepareVoteBodyTx(t *testing.T) {
 			events: []*types.VotableEvent{evt1, evt2, evt3},
 			fn: func(ctx context.Context, bp *BlockProcessor, es *mockEventStore) error {
 
-				emptyTxSize, err := bp.emptyVodeBodyTxSize()
+				emptyTxSize, err := bp.emptyVoteBodyTxSize()
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 
 				// support evt1