diff --git a/rvgo/fast/state_test.go b/rvgo/fast/state_test.go
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+package fast
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSerializeStateRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	// Construct a test case with populated fields
+	mem := NewMemory()
+	mem.AllocPage(5)
+	p := mem.AllocPage(123)
+	p.Data[2] = 0x01
+	state := &VMState{
+		Memory:          mem,
+		PreimageKey:     common.Hash{0xFF},
+		PreimageOffset:  5,
+		PC:              6,
+		ExitCode:        1,
+		Exited:          true,
+		Step:            0xdeadbeef,
+		Heap:            0xc0ffee,
+		LoadReservation: 40,
+		Registers: [32]uint64{
+			0xdeadbeef,
+			0xdeadbeef,
+			0xc0ffee,
+			0xbeefbabe,
+			0xdeadc0de,
+			0xbadc0de,
+			0xdeaddead,
+		},
+		LastHint:  hexutil.Bytes{1, 2, 3, 4, 5},
+		Witness:   hexutil.Bytes{6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
+		StateHash: common.Hash{0x12},
+	}
+
+	ser := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	err := state.Serialize(ser)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "must serialize state")
+	state2 := &VMState{}
+	err = state2.Deserialize(ser)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "must deserialize state")
+	require.Equal(t, state, state2, "must roundtrip state")
+}