diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a261e126..a1f70e2e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ documentation.
 - [#2129](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2129) - fix(evm): issue with infinite recursion in erc20 funtoken contracts
 - [#2134](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2134) - fix(evm): query of NIBI should use bank state, not the StateDB
 - [#2139](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2139) - fix(evm): erc20 born funtoken: properly burn bank coins after converting coin back to erc20 
+- [#2140](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2140) - fix(bank): bank keeper extension now charges gas for the bank operations
 - [#2141](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2141) - refactor: simplify account retrieval operation in `nibid q evm account`.
 - [#2142](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2142) - fix(bank): add additional missing methods to the NibiruBankKeeper
 
+
 #### Nibiru EVM | Before Audit 2 - 2024-12-06
 
 The codebase went through a third-party [Code4rena
diff --git a/app/ante/fixed_gas_test.go b/app/ante/fixed_gas_test.go
index 4e45f6b6b..64f4c6e8c 100644
--- a/app/ante/fixed_gas_test.go
+++ b/app/ante/fixed_gas_test.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestOraclePostPriceTransactionsHaveFixedPrice() {
 					Amount:      sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin(appconst.BondDenom, 200)),
 				},
 			},
-			expectedGas: 38175,
+			expectedGas: 67193,
 			expectedErr: nil,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension.go b/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension.go
index 34cf1fbd6..aa4fe101c 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package keeper
 
 import (
-	store "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	auth "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	bankkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/keeper"
@@ -169,10 +168,9 @@ func (bk NibiruBankKeeper) ForceGasInvariant(
 	// Note that because the ctx gas meter uses private variables to track gas,
 	// we have to branch off with a new gas meter instance to avoid mutating the
 	// "true" gas meter (called GasMeterBefore here).
-	ctx = ctx.
-		WithGasMeter(sdk.NewGasMeter(gasMeterBefore.Limit())).
-		WithKVGasConfig(zeroCostGasConfig).
-		WithTransientKVGasConfig(zeroCostGasConfig)
+	// We use an infinite gas meter because we consume gas in the deferred function
+	// and gasMeterBefore will panic if we consume too much gas.
+	ctx = ctx.WithGasMeter(sdk.NewInfiniteGasMeter())
 
 	err := BaseOp(ctx)
 	baseOpGasConsumed = ctx.GasMeter().GasConsumed()
@@ -184,16 +182,6 @@ func (bk NibiruBankKeeper) ForceGasInvariant(
 	return nil
 }
 
-var zeroCostGasConfig store.GasConfig = store.GasConfig{
-	HasCost:          0,
-	DeleteCost:       0,
-	ReadCostFlat:     0,
-	ReadCostPerByte:  0,
-	WriteCostFlat:    0,
-	WriteCostPerByte: 0,
-	IterNextCostFlat: 0,
-}
-
 func (bk NibiruBankKeeper) SendCoins(
 	ctx sdk.Context,
 	fromAddr sdk.AccAddress,
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension_test.go b/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension_test.go
index 378bb8546..b5b6a999d 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension_test.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/bank_extension_test.go
@@ -61,14 +61,16 @@ func (s *Suite) TestGasConsumedInvariantSend() {
 	for idx, tc := range testCases {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			gasConsumed := tc.GasConsumedInvariantScenario.Run(s, to)
+			s.T().Logf("gasConsumed: %d", gasConsumed)
+			s.Require().NotZerof(gasConsumed, "gasConsumed should not be zero")
 			if idx == 0 {
 				first = gasConsumed
 				return
 			}
 			// Each elem being equal to "first" implies that each elem is equal
 			s.Equalf(
-				fmt.Sprintf("%d", first),
-				fmt.Sprintf("%d", gasConsumed),
+				first,
+				gasConsumed,
 				"Gas consumed should be equal",
 			)
 		})
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ func (scenario GasConsumedInvariantScenario) Run(
 	)
 	gasConsumedAfter := deps.Ctx.GasMeter().GasConsumed()
 
-	s.GreaterOrEqualf(gasConsumedAfter, gasConsumedBefore,
+	s.Greaterf(gasConsumedAfter, gasConsumedBefore,
 		"gas meter consumed should not be negative: gas consumed after = %d, gas consumed before = %d ",
 		gasConsumedAfter, gasConsumedBefore,
 	)