diff --git a/core/src/replay_stage.rs b/core/src/replay_stage.rs
index b8575f2cae89b7..4c5329af41dab7 100644
--- a/core/src/replay_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/replay_stage.rs
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ impl ReplayStage {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    let (heaviest_bank, votable_bank_on_same_fork) =
+                    let (heaviest_bank, heaviest_bank_on_same_fork) =
                         Self::select_forks(&frozen_banks, &tower, &progress, &ancestors);
 
                     Self::report_memory(&allocated, "select_fork", start);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ impl ReplayStage {
                     let (vote_bank, reset_bank, failure_reasons) =
                         Self::select_vote_and_reset_forks(
                             &heaviest_bank,
-                            &votable_bank_on_same_fork,
+                            &heaviest_bank_on_same_fork,
                             &ancestors,
                             &descendants,
                             &progress,
@@ -1135,7 +1135,8 @@ impl ReplayStage {
             .count();
 
         let last_vote = tower.last_vote().slots.last().cloned();
-        let mut last_votable_on_same_fork = None;
+        let mut heaviest_bank_on_same_fork = None;
+        let mut heaviest_same_fork_weight = 0;
         let stats: Vec<&ForkStats> = frozen_banks
             .iter()
             .map(|bank| {
@@ -1151,7 +1152,6 @@ impl ReplayStage {
                         .get(&bank.slot())
                         .expect("Entry in frozen banks must exist in ancestors")
                         .contains(&last_vote)
-                        && stats.vote_threshold
                     {
                         // Descendant of last vote cannot be locked out
                         assert!(!stats.is_locked_out);
@@ -1159,7 +1159,13 @@ impl ReplayStage {
                         // ancestors(slot) should not contain the slot itself,
                         // so we should never get the same bank as the last vote
                         assert_ne!(bank.slot(), last_vote);
-                        last_votable_on_same_fork = Some(bank.clone());
+                        // highest weight, lowest slot first. frozen_banks is sorted
+                        // from least slot to greatest slot, so if two banks have
+                        // the same fork weight, the lower slot will be picked
+                        if stats.fork_weight > heaviest_same_fork_weight {
+                            heaviest_bank_on_same_fork = Some(bank.clone());
+                            heaviest_same_fork_weight = stats.fork_weight;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -1210,15 +1216,15 @@ impl ReplayStage {
             ("tower_duration", ms as i64, i64),
         );
 
-        (rv.map(|x| x.0.clone()), last_votable_on_same_fork)
+        (rv.map(|x| x.0.clone()), heaviest_bank_on_same_fork)
     }
 
     // Given a heaviest bank, `heaviest_bank` and the next votable bank
-    // `votable_bank_on_same_fork` as the validator's last vote, return
+    // `heaviest_bank_on_same_fork` as the validator's last vote, return
     // a bank to vote on, a bank to reset to,
     pub(crate) fn select_vote_and_reset_forks(
         heaviest_bank: &Option<Arc<Bank>>,
-        votable_bank_on_same_fork: &Option<Arc<Bank>>,
+        heaviest_bank_on_same_fork: &Option<Arc<Bank>>,
         ancestors: &HashMap<u64, HashSet<u64>>,
         descendants: &HashMap<u64, HashSet<u64>>,
         progress: &ProgressMap,
@@ -1260,10 +1266,10 @@ impl ReplayStage {
                     info!(
                         "Waiting to switch to {}, voting on {:?} on same fork for now",
                         bank.slot(),
-                        votable_bank_on_same_fork.as_ref().map(|b| b.slot())
+                        heaviest_bank_on_same_fork.as_ref().map(|b| b.slot())
                     );
                     failure_reasons.push(HeaviestForkFailures::FailedSwitchThreshold(bank.slot()));
-                    votable_bank_on_same_fork
+                    heaviest_bank_on_same_fork
                         .as_ref()
                         .map(|b| (b, switch_threshold))
                 } else {