diff --git a/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go b/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go
index 09076374cdfb5..3af4d806404e2 100644
--- a/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go
+++ b/op-batcher/batcher/driver.go
@@ -510,7 +510,11 @@ func (l *BatchSubmitter) sendTransaction(ctx context.Context, txdata txData, que
 			// signal plasma commitment tx with TxDataVersion1
 			data = comm.TxData()
 		}
-		candidate = l.calldataTxCandidate(data)
+		candidate, err = l.calldataTxCandidate(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			l.recordFailedTx(txdata.ID(), err)
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	intrinsicGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(candidate.TxData, nil, false, true, true, false)
@@ -541,7 +545,7 @@ func (l *BatchSubmitter) blobTxCandidate(data txData) (*txmgr.TxCandidate, error
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (l *BatchSubmitter) calldataTxCandidate(data []byte) *txmgr.TxCandidate {
+func (l *BatchSubmitter) calldataTxCandidate(data []byte) (*txmgr.TxCandidate, error) {
 	l.Log.Info("building Calldata transaction candidate", "size", len(data))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Duration(l.RollupConfig.BlockTime)*time.Second)
 	ids, err := l.DAClient.Client.Submit(ctx, [][]byte{data}, -1, l.DAClient.Namespace)
@@ -550,12 +554,16 @@ func (l *BatchSubmitter) calldataTxCandidate(data []byte) *txmgr.TxCandidate {
 		l.Log.Info("celestia: blob successfully submitted", "id", hex.EncodeToString(ids[0]))
 		data = append([]byte{celestia.DerivationVersionCelestia}, ids[0]...)
 	} else {
+		if l.DAClient.EthFallbackDisabled {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("celestia: blob submission failed; eth fallback disabled: %w", err)
+		}
+
 		l.Log.Info("celestia: blob submission failed; falling back to eth", "err", err)
 	}
 	return &txmgr.TxCandidate{
 		To:     &l.RollupConfig.BatchInboxAddress,
 		TxData: data,
-	}
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (l *BatchSubmitter) handleReceipt(r txmgr.TxReceipt[txID]) {
diff --git a/op-batcher/batcher/service.go b/op-batcher/batcher/service.go
index 164a5a6edc1f9..8ba8ab3423e67 100644
--- a/op-batcher/batcher/service.go
+++ b/op-batcher/batcher/service.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (bs *BatcherService) initPlasmaDA(cfg *CLIConfig) error {
 }
 
 func (bs *BatcherService) initDA(cfg *CLIConfig) error {
-	client, err := celestia.NewDAClient(cfg.DaConfig.Rpc, cfg.DaConfig.AuthToken, cfg.DaConfig.Namespace)
+	client, err := celestia.NewDAClient(cfg.DaConfig.Rpc, cfg.DaConfig.AuthToken, cfg.DaConfig.Namespace, cfg.DaConfig.EthFallbackDisabled)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/op-celestia/cli.go b/op-celestia/cli.go
index 4c2e19145d9da..40550ba5cf4ff 100644
--- a/op-celestia/cli.go
+++ b/op-celestia/cli.go
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// RPCFlagName defines the flag for the rpc url
-	RPCFlagName       = "da.rpc"
+	RPCFlagName = "da.rpc"
 	// AuthTokenFlagName defines the flag for the auth token
 	AuthTokenFlagName = "da.auth_token"
 	// NamespaceFlagName defines the flag for the namespace
 	NamespaceFlagName = "da.namespace"
+	// EthFallbackDisabledFlagName defines the flag for disabling eth fallback
+	EthFallbackDisabledFlagName = "da.eth_fallback_disabled"
 
 	// NamespaceSize is the size of the hex encoded namespace string
 	NamespaceSize = 58
@@ -39,13 +41,19 @@ func CLIFlags(envPrefix string) []cli.Flag {
 			Usage:   "namespace of the data availability client",
 			EnvVars: opservice.PrefixEnvVar(envPrefix, "DA_NAMESPACE"),
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    EthFallbackDisabledFlagName,
+			Usage:   "disable eth fallback",
+			EnvVars: opservice.PrefixEnvVar(envPrefix, "ETH_FALLBACK_DISABLED"),
+		},
 	}
 }
 
 type CLIConfig struct {
-	Rpc       string
-	AuthToken string
-	Namespace string
+	Rpc                 string
+	AuthToken           string
+	Namespace           string
+	EthFallbackDisabled bool
 }
 
 func (c CLIConfig) Check() error {
@@ -60,8 +68,9 @@ func NewCLIConfig() CLIConfig {
 
 func ReadCLIConfig(ctx *cli.Context) CLIConfig {
 	return CLIConfig{
-		Rpc: ctx.String(RPCFlagName),
-		AuthToken: ctx.String(AuthTokenFlagName),
-		Namespace: ctx.String(NamespaceFlagName),
+		Rpc:                 ctx.String(RPCFlagName),
+		AuthToken:           ctx.String(AuthTokenFlagName),
+		Namespace:           ctx.String(NamespaceFlagName),
+		EthFallbackDisabled: ctx.Bool(EthFallbackDisabledFlagName),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/op-celestia/da_client.go b/op-celestia/da_client.go
index 8cf70df376444..d3d407a10b94a 100644
--- a/op-celestia/da_client.go
+++ b/op-celestia/da_client.go
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type DAClient struct {
-	Client     da.DA
-	GetTimeout time.Duration
-	Namespace da.Namespace
+	Client              da.DA
+	GetTimeout          time.Duration
+	Namespace           da.Namespace
+	EthFallbackDisabled bool
 }
 
-func NewDAClient(rpc, token, namespace string) (*DAClient, error) {
+func NewDAClient(rpc, token, namespace string, ethFallbackDisabled bool) (*DAClient, error) {
 	client, err := proxy.NewClient(rpc, token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -24,8 +25,9 @@ func NewDAClient(rpc, token, namespace string) (*DAClient, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &DAClient{
-		Client:     client,
-		GetTimeout: time.Minute,
-		Namespace: ns,
+		Client:              client,
+		GetTimeout:          time.Minute,
+		Namespace:           ns,
+		EthFallbackDisabled: ethFallbackDisabled,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/driver/da.go b/op-node/rollup/driver/da.go
index dc5e5f3ceac0e..cacef1afd0c07 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/driver/da.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/driver/da.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func SetDAClient(cfg celestia.CLIConfig) error {
-	client, err := celestia.NewDAClient(cfg.Rpc, cfg.AuthToken, cfg.Namespace)
+	client, err := celestia.NewDAClient(cfg.Rpc, cfg.AuthToken, cfg.Namespace, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}