diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
index 92d55b8d82b0..426607583221 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -856,10 +856,39 @@ impl TransactionSignedNoHash {
     ///
     /// Returns `None` if the transaction's signature is invalid, see also [Self::recover_signer].
     pub fn recover_signer(&self) -> Option<Address> {
+        // Optimism's Deposit transaction does not have a signature. Directly return the
+        // `from` address.
+        #[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
+        if let Transaction::Deposit(TxDeposit { from, .. }) = self.transaction {
+            return Some(from)
+        }
+
         let signature_hash = self.signature_hash();
         self.signature.recover_signer(signature_hash)
     }
 
+    /// Recover signer from signature and hash _without ensuring that the signature has a low `s`
+    /// value_.
+    ///
+    /// Re-uses a given buffer to avoid numerous reallocations when recovering batches. **Clears the
+    /// buffer before use.**
+    ///
+    /// Returns `None` if the transaction's signature is invalid, see also
+    /// [Signature::recover_signer_unchecked].
+    pub fn encode_and_recover_unchecked(&self, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Option<Address> {
+        buffer.clear();
+        self.transaction.encode_without_signature(buffer);
+
+        // Optimism's Deposit transaction does not have a signature. Directly return the
+        // `from` address.
+        #[cfg(feature = "optimism")]
+        if let Transaction::Deposit(TxDeposit { from, .. }) = self.transaction {
+            return Some(from)
+        }
+
+        self.signature.recover_signer_unchecked(keccak256(buffer))
+    }
+
     /// Converts into a transaction type with its hash: [`TransactionSigned`].
     ///
     /// Note: This will recalculate the hash of the transaction.
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
index 4648f9732443..afb65c560605 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use reth_db::{
 };
 use reth_interfaces::consensus;
 use reth_primitives::{
-    keccak256,
     stage::{EntitiesCheckpoint, StageCheckpoint, StageId},
     Address, PruneSegment, StaticFileSegment, TransactionSignedNoHash, TxNumber,
 };
@@ -229,16 +228,13 @@ fn recover_sender(
     (tx_id, tx): (TxNumber, TransactionSignedNoHash),
     rlp_buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> Result<(u64, Address), Box<SenderRecoveryStageError>> {
-    tx.transaction.encode_without_signature(rlp_buf);
-
     // We call [Signature::recover_signer_unchecked] because transactions run in the pipeline are
     // known to be valid - this means that we do not need to check whether or not the `s` value is
     // greater than `secp256k1n / 2` if past EIP-2. There are transactions pre-homestead which have
     // large `s` values, so using [Signature::recover_signer] here would not be
     // backwards-compatible.
     let sender = tx
-        .signature
-        .recover_signer_unchecked(keccak256(rlp_buf))
+        .encode_and_recover_unchecked(rlp_buf)
         .ok_or(SenderRecoveryStageError::FailedRecovery(FailedSenderRecoveryError { tx: tx_id }))?;
 
     Ok((tx_id, sender))