diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -2464,9 +2464,8 @@
             }
         }
 
-        if (!pfrom.fDisconnect && pfrom.IsOutboundOrBlockRelayConn() &&
-            nodestate->pindexBestKnownBlock != nullptr &&
-            pfrom.m_tx_relay != nullptr) {
+        if (!pfrom.fDisconnect && pfrom.IsFullOutboundConn() &&
+            nodestate->pindexBestKnownBlock != nullptr) {
             // If this is an outbound full-relay peer, check to see if we should
             // protect it from the bad/lagging chain logic. Note that
             // block-relay-only peers are already implicitly protected, so we