diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/synchroniser/synchroniser.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/synchroniser/synchroniser.ts
index 9e10c49cc14..b1c25565d5e 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/synchroniser/synchroniser.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/synchroniser/synchroniser.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ export class Synchroniser {
 
   protected async workNoteProcessorCatchUp(limit = 1, retryInterval = 1000): Promise<void> {
     const noteProcessor = this.noteProcessorsToCatchUp[0];
+    if (noteProcessor.status.syncedToBlock === this.synchedToBlock) {
+      // Note processor already synched, nothing to do
+      this.noteProcessorsToCatchUp.shift();
+      this.noteProcessors.push(noteProcessor);
+      return;
+    }
+
     const from = noteProcessor.status.syncedToBlock + 1;
     // Ensuring that the note processor does not sync further than the main sync.
     limit = Math.min(limit, this.synchedToBlock - from + 1);
@@ -230,14 +237,7 @@ export class Synchroniser {
       return;
     }
 
-    const noteProcessor = new NoteProcessor(publicKey, keyStore, this.db, this.node);
-    if (this.synchedToBlock === 0) {
-      // The main sync thread was never started before and for this reason the synchroniser does not have to catch up
-      this.noteProcessors.push(noteProcessor);
-    } else {
-      // The main sync thread was started before and for this reason the synchroniser has to catch up
-      this.noteProcessorsToCatchUp.push(noteProcessor);
-    }
+    this.noteProcessorsToCatchUp.push(new NoteProcessor(publicKey, keyStore, this.db, this.node));
   }
 
   /**