diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 712c813141953..675997e322d00 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ bool CheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, bool fCheckPOW, bo
 
     // Check that the header is valid (particularly PoW).  This is mostly
     // redundant with the call in AcceptBlockHeader.
-    if (!CheckBlockHeader(block, state, !IsPoS))
+    if (!CheckBlockHeader(block, state, !IsPoS && fCheckPOW))
         return false;
 
     // All potential-corruption validation must be done before we do any