diff --git a/src/bridge/AbsInbox.sol b/src/bridge/AbsInbox.sol
index 35256220..6f67ba69 100644
--- a/src/bridge/AbsInbox.sol
+++ b/src/bridge/AbsInbox.sol
@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ abstract contract AbsInbox is DelegateCallAware, PausableUpgradeable, IInboxBase
             revert GasLimitTooLarge();
         }
 
-        uint256 submissionFee = calculateRetryableSubmissionFee(data.length, block.basefee);
+        // we use 0 instead of block.basefee to workaround a geth gas estimation quirk where
+        // the code path (and hence gas usage) would be different depending on block.basefee
+        // the final behavior is the same since block.basefee is used when 0 is specified to calculateRetryableSubmissionFee
+        uint256 submissionFee = calculateRetryableSubmissionFee(data.length, 0);
         if (maxSubmissionCost < submissionFee)
             revert InsufficientSubmissionCost(submissionFee, maxSubmissionCost);