diff --git a/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp b/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp
index 463a74d6..b86596e8 100644
--- a/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/active_transactions.cpp
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ nano::election_insertion_result nano::active_transactions::insert_impl (nano::un
 				if (!previous_balance_a.is_initialized () && !block_a->previous ().is_zero ())
 				{
 					auto transaction (node.store.tx_begin_read ());
-					if (node.ledger.block_or_pruned_exists (block_a->previous ()))
+					if (node.store.block_exists (transaction, block_a->previous ()))
 					{
 						previous_balance = node.ledger.balance (transaction, block_a->previous ());
 					}