diff --git a/cmd/gaia/app/app.go b/cmd/gaia/app/app.go
index ab8a27e6c5d9..b0995da96b6f 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/app/app.go
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ func (app *GaiaApp) BeginBlocker(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestBeginBlock) ab
 // application updates every end block
 // nolint: unparam
 func (app *GaiaApp) EndBlocker(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestEndBlock) abci.ResponseEndBlock {
-	validatorUpdates := stake.EndBlocker(ctx, app.stakeKeeper)
 
+	validatorUpdates := stake.EndBlocker(ctx, app.stakeKeeper)
 	tags, _ := gov.EndBlocker(ctx, app.govKeeper)
 
 	return abci.ResponseEndBlock{
diff --git a/x/slashing/tick.go b/x/slashing/tick.go
index 01984f870bb7..da157ca7a564 100644
--- a/x/slashing/tick.go
+++ b/x/slashing/tick.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // slashing begin block functionality
 func BeginBlocker(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestBeginBlock, sk Keeper) (tags sdk.Tags) {
+
 	// Tag the height
 	heightBytes := make([]byte, 8)
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(heightBytes, uint64(req.Header.Height))
diff --git a/x/stake/handler.go b/x/stake/handler.go
index 14fb4f7bfffe..922c1bc48218 100644
--- a/x/stake/handler.go
+++ b/x/stake/handler.go
@@ -34,19 +34,17 @@ func NewHandler(k keeper.Keeper) sdk.Handler {
 
 // Called every block, process inflation, update validator set
 func EndBlocker(ctx sdk.Context, k keeper.Keeper) (ValidatorUpdates []abci.Validator) {
-	pool := k.GetPool(ctx)
-	params := k.GetParams(ctx)
 
-	// Process types.Validator Provisions
+	// Process provision inflation
 	blockTime := ctx.BlockHeader().Time
 	if blockTime-pool.InflationLastTime >= 3600 {
+		params := k.GetParams(ctx)
+		pool := k.GetPool(ctx)
 		pool.InflationLastTime = blockTime
 		pool = pool.ProcessProvisions(params)
+		k.SetPool(ctx, pool)
 	}
 
-	// save the params
-	k.SetPool(ctx, pool)
-
 	// reset the intra-transaction counter
 	k.SetIntraTxCounter(ctx, 0)