diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp b/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp
index 8bceda97d..7d295b321 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/service.cpp
@@ -31,20 +31,27 @@ nano::bootstrap_ascending::service::service (nano::node_config & config_a, nano:
 	scoring{ config.bootstrap_ascending, config.network_params.network },
 	database_limiter{ config.bootstrap_ascending.database_requests_limit, 1.0 }
 {
-	// TODO: This is called from a very congested blockprocessor thread. Offload this work to a dedicated processing thread
 	block_processor.batch_processed.add ([this] (auto const & batch) {
+		bool should_notify = false;
 		{
 			nano::lock_guard<nano::mutex> lock{ mutex };
 
 			auto transaction = ledger.tx_begin_read ();
 			for (auto const & [result, context] : batch)
 			{
-				debug_assert (context.block != nullptr);
-				inspect (transaction, result, *context.block);
+				// Do not try to unnecessarily bootstrap live traffic chains
+				if (context.source == nano::block_source::bootstrap)
+				{
+					release_assert (context.block != nullptr);
+					inspect (transaction, result, *context.block);
+					should_notify = true;
+				}
 			}
 		}
-
-		condition.notify_all ();
+		if (should_notify)
+		{
+			condition.notify_all ();
+		}
 	});
 }