diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -3133,9 +3133,6 @@
             break;
         }
     }
-    CChainState &active_chainstate = m_chainman.ActiveChainstate();
-    m_mempool.check(active_chainstate.CoinsTip(),
-                    active_chainstate.m_chain.Height() + 1);
 }
 
 bool PeerManagerImpl::PrepareBlockFilterRequest(
@@ -4367,9 +4364,6 @@
         const TxValidationState &state = result.m_state;
 
         if (result.m_result_type == MempoolAcceptResult::ResultType::VALID) {
-            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/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4287,9 +4287,12 @@
     // making AcceptToMemoryPool take a CChainParams instead of a Config.
     // This avoids passing an extra Config argument to this function that will
     // be removed soon.
-    return AcceptToMemoryPool(active_chainstate, ::GetConfig(),
-                              *active_chainstate.m_mempool, tx,
-                              /*bypass_limits=*/false, test_accept);
+    auto result = AcceptToMemoryPool(active_chainstate, ::GetConfig(),
+                                     *active_chainstate.m_mempool, tx,
+                                     /*bypass_limits=*/false, test_accept);
+    active_chainstate.m_mempool->check(active_chainstate.CoinsTip(),
+                                       active_chainstate.m_chain.Height() + 1);
+    return result;
 }
 
 bool TestBlockValidity(BlockValidationState &state, const CChainParams &params,