diff --git a/common/changes/@subsquid/evm-normalization/alert-fix-4mtxPN-selfdestruct-to_2026-07-23-13-16.json b/common/changes/@subsquid/evm-normalization/alert-fix-4mtxPN-selfdestruct-to_2026-07-23-13-16.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f90ffe22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@subsquid/evm-normalization/alert-fix-4mtxPN-selfdestruct-to_2026-07-23-13-16.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@subsquid/evm-normalization",
+      "comment": "Tolerate SELFDESTRUCT debug frames that omit `to` by falling back to the self-destructing account",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@subsquid/evm-normalization"
+}
diff --git a/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.test.ts b/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3841b5e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import {describe, expect, it} from 'vitest'
+import {mapRawBlock} from './mapping'
+
+
+// Minimal raw block carrying a single SELFDESTRUCT debug frame. The header/tx
+// fields are only what `mapRawBlock` touches on the trace path.
+function selfdestructBlock(frame: Record<string, unknown>): any {
+    return {
+        number: '0x1',
+        hash: '0xblock',
+        parentHash: '0x0',
+        timestamp: '0x0',
+        transactionsRoot: '0x',
+        receiptsRoot: '0x',
+        stateRoot: '0x',
+        logsBloom: '0x',
+        sha3Uncles: '0x',
+        extraData: '0x',
+        miner: '0x',
+        size: '0x0',
+        gasLimit: '0x0',
+        gasUsed: '0x0',
+        transactions: [
+            {
+                transactionIndex: '0x0',
+                hash: '0xtx',
+                nonce: '0x0',
+                from: '0xe22a1e72591acb61ec32a9a1d2a1d0818c2f53e0',
+                gas: '0x0',
+                debugFrame_: {result: frame},
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+}
+
+
+describe('mapDebugFrame SELFDESTRUCT', () => {
+    // Regression: a self-referential SELFDESTRUCT where callTracer omits `to`
+    // used to crash the ingest with `assertNotNull(frame.to)`.
+    it('tolerates a missing `to` by falling back to the account itself', () => {
+        let block = mapRawBlock(
+            selfdestructBlock({
+                type: 'SELFDESTRUCT',
+                from: '0xe22a1e72591acb61ec32a9a1d2a1d0818c2f53e0',
+                gas: '0x0',
+                gasUsed: '0x0',
+                input: '0x',
+                value: '0x0',
+            }),
+            {withTraces: true}
+        )
+
+        expect(block.traces).toHaveLength(1)
+        let trace = block.traces![0]
+        expect(trace.type).toBe('selfdestruct')
+        expect((trace.action as any).refundAddress).toBe(
+            '0xe22a1e72591acb61ec32a9a1d2a1d0818c2f53e0'
+        )
+    })
+
+    it('keeps an explicit `to` as the refund address', () => {
+        let block = mapRawBlock(
+            selfdestructBlock({
+                type: 'SELFDESTRUCT',
+                from: '0xe22a1e72591acb61ec32a9a1d2a1d0818c2f53e0',
+                to: '0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111',
+                gas: '0x0',
+                gasUsed: '0x0',
+                input: '0x',
+                value: '0x0',
+            }),
+            {withTraces: true}
+        )
+
+        expect((block.traces![0].action as any).refundAddress).toBe(
+            '0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111'
+        )
+    })
+})
diff --git a/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.ts b/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.ts
index 015a60653..c72066cf8 100644
--- a/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.ts
+++ b/evm/evm-normalization/src/mapping.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ function* mapDebugFrame(
                     type: 'selfdestruct',
                     action: {
                         address: frame.from.toLowerCase(),
-                        refundAddress: assertNotNull(frame.to).toLowerCase(),
+                        // callTracer omits `to` on a self-referential SELFDESTRUCT;
+                        // the beneficiary is then the account itself.
+                        refundAddress: (frame.to ?? frame.from).toLowerCase(),
                         balance: frame.value ?? undefined
                     }
                 }