diff --git a/src/bench/mempool_stress.cpp b/src/bench/mempool_stress.cpp
--- a/src/bench/mempool_stress.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/mempool_stress.cpp
@@ -116,12 +116,14 @@
         TestingSetup(CBaseChainParams::MAIN, {"-checkmempool=1"});
     CTxMemPool pool;
     LOCK2(cs_main, pool.cs);
+    const CCoinsViewCache &coins_tip =
+        testing_setup.m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip();
     for (auto &tx : ordered_coins) {
         AddTx(tx, pool);
     }
 
     bench.run([&]() NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS {
-        pool.check(testing_setup.m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate());
+        pool.check(coins_tip, /* spendheight */ 2);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -3121,7 +3121,9 @@
             break;
         }
     }
-    m_mempool.check(m_chainman.ActiveChainstate());
+    CChainState &active_chainstate = m_chainman.ActiveChainstate();
+    m_mempool.check(active_chainstate.CoinsTip(),
+                    active_chainstate.m_chain.Height() + 1);
 }
 
 bool PeerManagerImpl::PrepareBlockFilterRequest(
@@ -4341,7 +4343,9 @@
                                ptx, false /* bypass_limits */);
         const TxValidationState &state = result.m_state;
         if (result.m_result_type == MempoolAcceptResult::ResultType::VALID) {
-            m_mempool.check(m_chainman.ActiveChainstate());
+            CChainState &active_chainstate = m_chainman.ActiveChainstate();
+            m_mempool.check(active_chainstate.CoinsTip(),
+                            active_chainstate.m_chain.Height() + 1);
             // As this version of the transaction was acceptable, we can forget
             // about any requests for it.
             m_txrequest.ForgetInvId(tx.GetId());
diff --git a/src/txmempool.h b/src/txmempool.h
--- a/src/txmempool.h
+++ b/src/txmempool.h
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@
      * are in the mapNextTx array). If sanity-checking is turned off, check does
      * nothing.
      */
-    void check(CChainState &active_chainstate) const
-        EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
+    void check(const CCoinsViewCache &active_coins_tip,
+               int64_t spendheight) const EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
 
     // addUnchecked must updated state for all ancestors of a given transaction,
     // to track size/count of descendant transactions. First version of
diff --git a/src/txmempool.cpp b/src/txmempool.cpp
--- a/src/txmempool.cpp
+++ b/src/txmempool.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,8 @@
     _clear();
 }
 
-void CTxMemPool::check(CChainState &active_chainstate) const {
+void CTxMemPool::check(const CCoinsViewCache &active_coins_tip,
+                       int64_t spendheight) const {
     if (m_check_ratio == 0) {
         return;
     }
@@ -768,10 +769,8 @@
     uint64_t innerUsage = 0;
     uint64_t prev_ancestor_count{0};
 
-    CCoinsViewCache &active_coins_tip = active_chainstate.CoinsTip();
     CCoinsViewCache mempoolDuplicate(
         const_cast<CCoinsViewCache *>(&active_coins_tip));
-    const int64_t spendheight = active_chainstate.m_chain.Height() + 1;
 
     for (const auto &it : GetSortedDepthAndScore()) {
         checkTotal += it->GetTxSize();
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@
         disconnectpool.updateMempoolForReorg(config, *this, true, m_mempool);
     }
 
-    m_mempool.check(*this);
+    m_mempool.check(this->CoinsTip(), this->m_chain.Height() + 1);
 
     // Callbacks/notifications for a new best chain.
     if (fInvalidFound) {