diff --git a/src/coins.cpp b/src/coins.cpp
index 24a102b0bc1..b545ec560b0 100644
--- a/src/coins.cpp
+++ b/src/coins.cpp
@@ -111,9 +111,12 @@ void CCoinsViewCache::AddCoin(const COutPoint &outpoint, Coin&& coin, bool possi
 }
 
 void CCoinsViewCache::EmplaceCoinInternalDANGER(COutPoint&& outpoint, Coin&& coin) {
-    cachedCoinsUsage += coin.DynamicMemoryUsage();
+    const auto mem_usage{coin.DynamicMemoryUsage()};
     auto [it, inserted] = cacheCoins.try_emplace(std::move(outpoint), std::move(coin));
-    if (inserted) CCoinsCacheEntry::SetDirty(*it, m_sentinel);
+    if (inserted) {
+        CCoinsCacheEntry::SetDirty(*it, m_sentinel);
+        cachedCoinsUsage += mem_usage;
+    }
 }
 
 void AddCoins(CCoinsViewCache& cache, const CTransaction &tx, int nHeight, bool check_for_overwrite) {
diff --git a/src/test/coins_tests.cpp b/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
index 6ce0c7996f8..d66c62248bb 100644
--- a/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,11 @@ void SimulationTest(CCoinsView* base, bool fake_best_block)
                     (coin.IsSpent() ? added_an_entry : updated_an_entry) = true;
                     coin = newcoin;
                 }
-                bool is_overwrite = !coin.IsSpent() || m_rng.rand32() & 1;
-                stack.back()->AddCoin(COutPoint(txid, 0), std::move(newcoin), is_overwrite);
+                if (COutPoint op(txid, 0); !stack.back()->map().contains(op) && !coin.IsSpent() && m_rng.randbool()) {
+                    stack.back()->EmplaceCoinInternalDANGER(std::move(op), std::move(newcoin));
+                } else {
+                    stack.back()->AddCoin(std::move(op), std::move(newcoin), /*possible_overwrite=*/!coin.IsSpent() || m_rng.randbool());
+                }
             } else {
                 // Spend the coin.
                 removed_an_entry = true;