diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts.rs b/runtime/src/accounts.rs
index 6512ca9763..3b45fc1ac3 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ pub struct AccountsDB {
 
     /// The number of transactions the bank has processed without error since the
     /// start of the ledger.
-    transaction_count: RwLock<u64>,
+    transaction_count: RwLock<HashMap<u64, u64>>,
 }
 
 impl Default for AccountsDB {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl Default for AccountsDB {
             index_info,
             storage: RwLock::new(vec![]),
             next_id: AtomicUsize::new(0),
-            transaction_count: RwLock::new(0),
+            transaction_count: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -566,14 +566,19 @@ impl AccountsDB {
             .collect()
     }
 
-    pub fn increment_transaction_count(&self, tx_count: usize) {
+    pub fn increment_transaction_count(&self, fork: Fork, tx_count: usize) {
         let mut tx = self.transaction_count.write().unwrap();
-        *tx += tx_count as u64;
+        let entry = tx.entry(fork).or_insert(0);
+        *entry += tx_count as u64;
     }
 
-    pub fn transaction_count(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn transaction_count(&self, fork: Fork) -> u64 {
         let tx = self.transaction_count.read().unwrap();
-        *tx
+        if let Some(entry) = tx.get(&fork) {
+            *entry
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
     }
 
     /// become the root accountsDB
@@ -736,12 +741,12 @@ impl Accounts {
             .store_accounts(fork, purge, txs, res, loaded)
     }
 
-    pub fn increment_transaction_count(&self, tx_count: usize) {
-        self.accounts_db.increment_transaction_count(tx_count)
+    pub fn increment_transaction_count(&self, fork: Fork, tx_count: usize) {
+        self.accounts_db.increment_transaction_count(fork, tx_count)
     }
 
-    pub fn transaction_count(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.accounts_db.transaction_count()
+    pub fn transaction_count(&self, fork: Fork) -> u64 {
+        self.accounts_db.transaction_count(fork)
     }
 
     /// accounts starts with an empty data structure for every child/fork
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index 2d97e204b7..c36e34924a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ impl Bank {
             inc_new_counter_info!("bank-process_transactions-error_count", err_count);
         }
 
-        self.accounts().increment_transaction_count(tx_count);
+        self.accounts().increment_transaction_count(self.id, tx_count);
 
         inc_new_counter_info!("bank-process_transactions-txs", tx_count);
         if 0 != error_counters.last_id_not_found {
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ impl Bank {
     }
 
     pub fn transaction_count(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.accounts().transaction_count()
+        self.accounts().transaction_count(self.id)
     }
 
     pub fn get_signature_status(&self, signature: &Signature) -> Option<Result<()>> {
diff --git a/src/bank_forks.rs b/src/bank_forks.rs
index e71451acc5..ccf8d637b4 100644
--- a/src/bank_forks.rs
+++ b/src/bank_forks.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ impl BankForks {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use solana_sdk::hash::Hash;
+    use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
+    use solana_sdk::genesis_block::GenesisBlock;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_bank_forks_root() {
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_bank_forks_parent() {
-        let bank = Bank::default();
+        let (genesis_block, _) = GenesisBlock::new(10_000);
+        let bank = Bank::new(&genesis_block);
         let mut bank_forks = BankForks::new(0, bank);
         let child_bank = Bank::new_from_parent(&bank_forks.working_bank());
         child_bank.register_tick(&Hash::default());