diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/2928-remove-redundant-verifyblock-call-in-finalize-commit.md b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/2928-remove-redundant-verifyblock-call-in-finalize-commit.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac975738453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/2928-remove-redundant-verifyblock-call-in-finalize-commit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- `[consensus/state]` Remove a redundant `VerifyBlock` call in `FinalizeCommit`
+  ([\#2928](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/pull/2928))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/blocksync/reactor.go b/blocksync/reactor.go
index 7fa2bbf73be..3349bf7e34d 100644
--- a/blocksync/reactor.go
+++ b/blocksync/reactor.go
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ FOR_LOOP:
 
 			// TODO: same thing for app - but we would need a way to
 			// get the hash without persisting the state
-			state, err = bcR.blockExec.ApplyVerifiedBlock(state, firstID, first)
+			state, _, err = bcR.blockExec.ApplyVerifiedBlock(state, firstID, first)
 			if err != nil {
 				// TODO This is bad, are we zombie?
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to process committed block (%d:%X): %v", first.Height, first.Hash(), err))
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 6fb202af23c..9249e2b1acb 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -1701,13 +1701,13 @@ func (cs *State) finalizeCommit(height int64) {
 	stateCopy := cs.state.Copy()
 
 	// Execute and commit the block, update and save the state, and update the mempool.
+	// We use apply verified block here because we have verified the block in this function already.
 	// NOTE The block.AppHash wont reflect these txs until the next block.
 	var (
 		err          error
 		retainHeight int64
 	)
-
-	stateCopy, retainHeight, err = cs.blockExec.ApplyBlock(
+	stateCopy, retainHeight, err = cs.blockExec.ApplyVerifiedBlock(
 		stateCopy,
 		types.BlockID{
 			Hash:          block.Hash(),
diff --git a/state/execution.go b/state/execution.go
index 6a460d4bfe9..dced97233ba 100644
--- a/state/execution.go
+++ b/state/execution.go
@@ -182,9 +182,8 @@ func (blockExec *BlockExecutor) ValidateBlock(state State, block *types.Block) e
 // ApplyVerifiedBlock does the same as `ApplyBlock`, but skips verification.
 func (blockExec *BlockExecutor) ApplyVerifiedBlock(
 	state State, blockID types.BlockID, block *types.Block,
-) (State, error) {
-	newState, _, err := blockExec.applyBlock(state, blockID, block)
-	return newState, err
+) (State, int64, error) {
+	return blockExec.applyBlock(state, blockID, block)
 }
 
 // ApplyBlock validates the block against the state, executes it against the app,