diff --git a/src/test/app/WasmHostFuncImpl_test.cpp b/src/test/app/WasmHostFuncImpl_test.cpp
index 2f19b7dc30..b8d86f375b 100644
--- a/src/test/app/WasmHostFuncImpl_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/app/WasmHostFuncImpl_test.cpp
@@ -1373,14 +1373,6 @@ struct WasmHostFuncImpl_test : public beast::unit_test::suite
         if (BEAST_EXPECT(!tooBig.has_value()))
             BEAST_EXPECT(
                 tooBig.error() == HostFunctionError::DATA_FIELD_TOO_LARGE);
-
-        // Should fail if ledger object not found (use a bogus keylet)
-        auto const bogusKeylet = keylet::escrow(env.master, 999999);
-        WasmHostFunctionsImpl hfs2(ac, bogusKeylet);
-        auto const notFound = hfs2.updateData(Slice(data.data(), data.size()));
-        if (BEAST_EXPECT(!notFound.has_value()))
-            BEAST_EXPECT(
-                notFound.error() == HostFunctionError::LEDGER_OBJ_NOT_FOUND);
     }
 
     void
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.cpp
index 4adb99a447..1b95a0dbf3 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.cpp
@@ -453,11 +453,7 @@ WasmHostFunctionsImpl::updateData(Slice const& data)
     {
         return Unexpected(HostFunctionError::DATA_FIELD_TOO_LARGE);
     }
-    auto sle = ctx.view().peek(leKey);
-    if (!sle)
-        return Unexpected(HostFunctionError::LEDGER_OBJ_NOT_FOUND);
-    sle->setFieldVL(sfData, data);
-    ctx.view().update(sle);
+    data_ = Bytes(data.begin(), data.end());
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.h b/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.h
index a6051bb1c7..a56c237943 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/misc/WasmHostFuncImpl.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class WasmHostFunctionsImpl : public HostFunctions
 
     static int constexpr MAX_CACHE = 256;
     std::array<std::shared_ptr<SLE const>, MAX_CACHE> cache;
+    std::optional<Bytes> data_;
 
     void const* rt_ = nullptr;
 
@@ -75,6 +76,12 @@ public:
         return ctx.journal;
     }
 
+    std::optional<Bytes> const&
+    getData() const
+    {
+        return data_;
+    }
+
     Expected<std::uint32_t, HostFunctionError>
     getLedgerSqn() override;
 
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/Escrow.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/Escrow.cpp
index f0389c06ad..9ba02cc877 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/Escrow.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/Escrow.cpp
@@ -1279,6 +1279,12 @@ EscrowFinish::doApply()
         auto re = runEscrowWasm(
             wasm, ESCROW_FUNCTION_NAME, {}, &ledgerDataProvider, allowance);
         JLOG(j_.trace()) << "Escrow WASM ran";
+
+        if (auto const& data = ledgerDataProvider.getData(); data.has_value())
+        {
+            slep->setFieldVL(sfData, makeSlice(*data));
+        }
+
         if (re.has_value())
         {
             auto reValue = re.value().result;