diff --git a/src/rest.cpp b/src/rest.cpp
--- a/src/rest.cpp
+++ b/src/rest.cpp
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@
             return RESTERR(req, HTTP_NOT_FOUND, hashStr + " not found");
         }
 
-        if (fHavePruned && !pblockindex->nStatus.hasData() &&
-            pblockindex->nTx > 0) {
+        if (IsBlockPruned(pblockindex)) {
             return RESTERR(req, HTTP_NOT_FOUND,
                            hashStr + " not available (pruned data)");
         }
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -848,8 +848,7 @@
 static CBlock GetBlockChecked(const Config &config,
                               const CBlockIndex *pblockindex) {
     CBlock block;
-    if (fHavePruned && !pblockindex->nStatus.hasData() &&
-        pblockindex->nTx > 0) {
+    if (IsBlockPruned(pblockindex)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Block not available (pruned data)");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -742,4 +742,7 @@
 /** Load the mempool from disk. */
 bool LoadMempool(const Config &config, CTxMemPool &pool);
 
+//! Check whether the block associated with this index entry is pruned or not.
+bool IsBlockPruned(const CBlockIndex *pblockindex);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_VALIDATION_H
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -5754,6 +5754,11 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+bool IsBlockPruned(const CBlockIndex *pblockindex) {
+    return (fHavePruned && !pblockindex->nStatus.hasData() &&
+            pblockindex->nTx > 0);
+}
+
 //! Guess how far we are in the verification process at the given block index
 //! require cs_main if pindex has not been validated yet (because nChainTx might
 //! be unset)