diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs
index 9dd083c90..6c79e4ed2 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs
@@ -897,13 +897,10 @@ where
     /// Returns the bytes of the transaction for the given hash.
     async fn raw_transaction(&self, hash: B256) -> RpcResult<Bytes> {
         let tx = self.inner.eth_api.transaction_by_hash(hash).await?;
-
-        let mut res = Vec::new();
-        if let Some(tx) = tx.map(TransactionSource::into_recovered) {
-            tx.encode(&mut res);
-        }
-
-        Ok(res.into())
+        Ok(tx
+            .map(TransactionSource::into_recovered)
+            .map(|tx| tx.envelope_encoded())
+            .unwrap_or_default())
     }
 
     /// Handler for `debug_getRawReceipts`