diff --git a/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs b/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs
index 046d65dc0f..f4219d5a7b 100644
--- a/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs
+++ b/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs
@@ -585,11 +585,11 @@ impl VoteState {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn is_uninitialized_no_deser(data: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    pub fn is_correct_size_and_initialized(data: &[u8]) -> bool {
         const VERSION_OFFSET: usize = 4;
-        data.len() != VoteState::size_of()
-            || data[VERSION_OFFSET..VERSION_OFFSET + DEFAULT_PRIOR_VOTERS_OFFSET]
-                == [0; DEFAULT_PRIOR_VOTERS_OFFSET]
+        data.len() == VoteState::size_of()
+            && data[VERSION_OFFSET..VERSION_OFFSET + DEFAULT_PRIOR_VOTERS_OFFSET]
+                != [0; DEFAULT_PRIOR_VOTERS_OFFSET]
     }
 }
 
@@ -2077,25 +2077,31 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_is_uninitialized_no_deser() {
+    fn test_is_correct_size_and_initialized() {
         // Check all zeroes
         let mut vote_account_data = vec![0; VoteState::size_of()];
-        assert!(VoteState::is_uninitialized_no_deser(&vote_account_data));
+        assert!(!VoteState::is_correct_size_and_initialized(
+            &vote_account_data
+        ));
 
         // Check default VoteState
         let default_account_state = VoteStateVersions::new_current(VoteState::default());
         VoteState::serialize(&default_account_state, &mut vote_account_data).unwrap();
-        assert!(VoteState::is_uninitialized_no_deser(&vote_account_data));
+        assert!(!VoteState::is_correct_size_and_initialized(
+            &vote_account_data
+        ));
 
         // Check non-zero data shorter than offset index used
         let short_data = vec![1; DEFAULT_PRIOR_VOTERS_OFFSET];
-        assert!(VoteState::is_uninitialized_no_deser(&short_data));
+        assert!(!VoteState::is_correct_size_and_initialized(&short_data));
 
         // Check non-zero large account
         let mut large_vote_data = vec![1; 2 * VoteState::size_of()];
         let default_account_state = VoteStateVersions::new_current(VoteState::default());
         VoteState::serialize(&default_account_state, &mut large_vote_data).unwrap();
-        assert!(VoteState::is_uninitialized_no_deser(&vote_account_data));
+        assert!(!VoteState::is_correct_size_and_initialized(
+            &vote_account_data
+        ));
 
         // Check populated VoteState
         let account_state = VoteStateVersions::new_current(VoteState::new(
@@ -2108,6 +2114,8 @@ mod tests {
             &Clock::default(),
         ));
         VoteState::serialize(&account_state, &mut vote_account_data).unwrap();
-        assert!(!VoteState::is_uninitialized_no_deser(&vote_account_data));
+        assert!(VoteState::is_correct_size_and_initialized(
+            &vote_account_data
+        ));
     }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/stakes.rs b/runtime/src/stakes.rs
index 10b87b459c..4528aa97cf 100644
--- a/runtime/src/stakes.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/stakes.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ impl Stakes {
             let old = self.vote_accounts.remove(pubkey);
             // when account is removed (lamports == 0 or data uninitialized), don't read so that
             // given `pubkey` can be used for any owner in the future, while not affecting Stakes.
-            if account.lamports() != 0 && !VoteState::is_uninitialized_no_deser(account.data()) {
+            if account.lamports() != 0 && VoteState::is_correct_size_and_initialized(account.data())
+            {
                 let stake = old.as_ref().map_or_else(
                     || self.calculate_stake(pubkey, self.epoch, Some(&self.stake_history)),
                     |v| v.0,