diff --git a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/eip1559.rs b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/eip1559.rs
index ba080e19..ba937fe6 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/eip1559.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/eip1559.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ impl Eip1559TransactionRequest {
         *offset += 1;
         tx.gas = Some(rlp.val_at(*offset)?);
         *offset += 1;
-        tx.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?;
+        tx.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?.map(NameOrAddress::Address);
         tx.value = Some(rlp.val_at(*offset)?);
         *offset += 1;
         let data = rlp::Rlp::new(rlp.at(*offset)?.as_raw()).data()?;
diff --git a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/mod.rs b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/mod.rs
index efe70780..816f4539 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fn decode_signature(
 fn decode_to(
     rlp: &rlp::Rlp,
     offset: &mut usize,
-) -> Result<Option<super::NameOrAddress>, rlp::DecoderError> {
+) -> Result<Option<super::Address>, rlp::DecoderError> {
     let to = {
         let to = rlp.at(*offset)?;
         if to.is_empty() {
diff --git a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/request.rs b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/request.rs
index f8be2627..d31d91bf 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/request.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/request.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl TransactionRequest {
             *offset += 1;
         }
 
-        txn.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?;
+        txn.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?.map(NameOrAddress::Address);
         txn.value = Some(rlp.at(*offset)?.as_val()?);
         *offset += 1;
 
diff --git a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/response.rs b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/response.rs
index 314caf0b..b29d6f99 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/response.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/types/transaction/response.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Transaction types
 use super::{
-    decode_signature, eip2718::TypedTransaction, eip2930::AccessList, normalize_v, rlp_opt,
-    rlp_opt_list,
+    decode_signature, decode_to, eip2718::TypedTransaction, eip2930::AccessList, normalize_v,
+    rlp_opt, rlp_opt_list,
 };
 use crate::{
     types::{
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ impl Transaction {
         *offset += 1;
         self.gas = rlp.val_at(*offset)?;
         *offset += 1;
-        self.to = Some(rlp.val_at(*offset)?);
-        *offset += 1;
+        self.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?;
         self.value = rlp.val_at(*offset)?;
         *offset += 1;
         let input = rlp::Rlp::new(rlp.at(*offset)?.as_raw()).data()?;
@@ -279,8 +278,7 @@ impl Transaction {
         #[cfg(feature = "celo")]
         self.decode_celo_metadata(rlp, offset)?;
 
-        self.to = Some(rlp.val_at(*offset)?);
-        *offset += 1;
+        self.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?;
         self.value = rlp.val_at(*offset)?;
         *offset += 1;
         let input = rlp::Rlp::new(rlp.at(*offset)?.as_raw()).data()?;
@@ -310,8 +308,7 @@ impl Transaction {
         #[cfg(feature = "celo")]
         self.decode_celo_metadata(rlp, offset)?;
 
-        self.to = Some(rlp.val_at(*offset)?);
-        *offset += 1;
+        self.to = decode_to(rlp, offset)?;
         self.value = rlp.val_at(*offset)?;
         *offset += 1;
         let input = rlp::Rlp::new(rlp.at(*offset)?.as_raw()).data()?;
@@ -473,7 +470,7 @@ impl PartialOrd<Self> for TransactionReceipt {
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[cfg(not(feature = "celo"))]
 mod tests {
-    use rlp::Encodable;
+    use rlp::{Encodable, Rlp};
 
     use crate::types::transaction::eip2930::AccessListItem;
 
@@ -1093,4 +1090,24 @@ mod tests {
         let r = rlp::Rlp::new(b.as_slice());
         Transaction::decode(&r).unwrap();
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_rlp_decoding_create_roundtrip() {
+        let tx = Transaction {
+            block_hash: None,
+            block_number: None,
+            from: Address::from_str("c26ad91f4e7a0cad84c4b9315f420ca9217e315d").unwrap(),
+            gas: U256::from_str_radix("0x10e2b", 16).unwrap(),
+            gas_price: Some(U256::from_str_radix("0x12ec276caf", 16).unwrap()),
+            hash: H256::from_str("929ff27a5c7833953df23103c4eb55ebdfb698678139d751c51932163877fada").unwrap(),
+            input: Bytes::from(
+                hex::decode("a9059cbb000000000000000000000000fdae129ecc2c27d166a3131098bc05d143fa258e0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002faf080").unwrap()
+            ),
+            nonce: U256::zero(),
+            transaction_index: None,
+            value: U256::zero(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        Transaction::decode(&Rlp::new(&tx.rlp())).unwrap();
+    }
 }