diff --git a/consensus/beacon/consensus.go b/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
index 84926c3d0b67..dbba73947f32 100644
--- a/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/beacon/consensus.go
@@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ func (beacon *Beacon) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, pa
 	if !cancun {
 		switch {
 		case header.ExcessBlobGas != nil:
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessBlobGas: have %d, expected nil", header.ExcessBlobGas)
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessBlobGas: have %d, expected nil", *header.ExcessBlobGas)
 		case header.BlobGasUsed != nil:
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid blobGasUsed: have %d, expected nil", header.BlobGasUsed)
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid blobGasUsed: have %d, expected nil", *header.BlobGasUsed)
 		case header.ParentBeaconRoot != nil:
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid parentBeaconRoot, have %#x, expected nil", header.ParentBeaconRoot)
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid parentBeaconRoot, have %#x, expected nil", *header.ParentBeaconRoot)
 		}
 	} else {
 		if header.ParentBeaconRoot == nil {