diff --git a/process/block/baseProcess.go b/process/block/baseProcess.go
index 993c6bde9f..5b3dc64455 100644
--- a/process/block/baseProcess.go
+++ b/process/block/baseProcess.go
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@ func (bp *baseProcessor) PruneStateOnRollback(currHeader data.HeaderHandler, cur
 }
 
 func (bp *baseProcessor) getPruningHandler(finalHeaderNonce uint64) state.PruningHandler {
-	if finalHeaderNonce-bp.lastRestartNonce <= uint64(bp.pruningDelay) {
+	if finalHeaderNonce < bp.lastRestartNonce || finalHeaderNonce-bp.lastRestartNonce <= uint64(bp.pruningDelay) {
 		log.Debug("will skip pruning",
 			"finalHeaderNonce", finalHeaderNonce,
 			"last restart nonce", bp.lastRestartNonce,
diff --git a/process/block/baseProcess_test.go b/process/block/baseProcess_test.go
index 6de919c3d9..0ecd9cd0ee 100644
--- a/process/block/baseProcess_test.go
+++ b/process/block/baseProcess_test.go
@@ -3810,6 +3810,10 @@ func TestBaseProcessor_getPruningHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	ph = bp.GetPruningHandler(14)
 	assert.True(t, ph.IsPruningEnabled())
 
+	bp.SetLastRestartNonce(15)
+	ph = bp.GetPruningHandler(14)
+	assert.False(t, ph.IsPruningEnabled())
+
 	bp.SetClosingNodeStarted(true)
 	ph = bp.GetPruningHandler(14)
 	assert.False(t, ph.IsPruningEnabled())