diff --git a/confidential-identities/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/confidential/IdentitySyncFlow.kt b/confidential-identities/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/confidential/IdentitySyncFlow.kt
index d27a5f6d18..84978dc45a 100644
--- a/confidential-identities/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/confidential/IdentitySyncFlow.kt
+++ b/confidential-identities/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/confidential/IdentitySyncFlow.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.corda.confidential
 
 import co.paralleluniverse.fibers.Suspendable
 import net.corda.core.contracts.ContractState
+import net.corda.core.contracts.TransactionResolutionException
 import net.corda.core.flows.FlowLogic
 import net.corda.core.flows.FlowSession
 import net.corda.core.identity.AbstractParty
@@ -53,7 +54,15 @@ object IdentitySyncFlow {
         }
 
         private fun extractOurConfidentialIdentities(): Map<AbstractParty, PartyAndCertificate?> {
-            val states: List<ContractState> = (serviceHub.loadStates(tx.inputs.toSet()).map { it.state.data } + tx.outputs.map { it.data })
+            val inputStates: List<ContractState> = (tx.inputs.toSet()).mapNotNull {
+                try {
+                    serviceHub.loadState(it).data
+                }
+                catch (e: TransactionResolutionException) {
+                    null
+                }
+            }
+            val states: List<ContractState> = inputStates + tx.outputs.map { it.data }
             val identities: Set<AbstractParty> = states.flatMap(ContractState::participants).toSet()
             // Filter participants down to the set of those not in the network map (are not well known)
             val confidentialIdentities = identities