diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
index 7726d250994..47a5bce22bb 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -1024,9 +1024,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan submitblock()
             if (pindex->IsValid(BLOCK_VALID_SCRIPTS)) {
                 return "duplicate";
             }
-            if (pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_FAILED_MASK) {
-                return "duplicate-invalid";
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 226f344d92f..37a4f55ca6b 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4285,7 +4285,7 @@ bool ChainstateManager::AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, BlockValida
                 *ppindex = pindex;
             if (pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_FAILED_MASK) {
                 LogDebug(BCLog::VALIDATION, "%s: block %s is marked invalid\n", __func__, hash.ToString());
-                return state.Invalid(BlockValidationResult::BLOCK_CACHED_INVALID, "duplicate");
+                return state.Invalid(BlockValidationResult::BLOCK_CACHED_INVALID, "duplicate-invalid");
             }
             return true;
         }