diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p_protocol_defs.h b/src/p2p/p2p_protocol_defs.h
index 178382547..4acf05ef8 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p_protocol_defs.h
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p_protocol_defs.h
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ namespace nodetool
     BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
       KV_SERIALIZE(adr)
       KV_SERIALIZE(id)
-      if (!is_store || this_ref.last_seen != 0)
-        KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(last_seen, (int64_t)0)
+      KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(last_seen, (int64_t)0)
       KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(pruning_seed, (uint32_t)0)
       KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(rpc_port, (uint16_t)0)
       KV_SERIALIZE_OPT(rpc_credits_per_hash, (uint32_t)0)