diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
index f80013d02..1dd0a811a 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::add_block(const block& blk, size_t block_weight, uint64_t l
   bi.bi_diff_lo = (cumulative_difficulty & 0xffffffffffffffff).convert_to<uint64_t>();
   bi.bi_hash = blk_hash;
   bi.bi_cum_rct = num_rct_outs;
-  if (blk.major_version >= 4)
+  if (m_height > 0 && blk.major_version >= 4)
   {
     uint64_t last_height = m_height-1;
     MDB_val_set(h, last_height);