diff --git a/src/rest.cpp b/src/rest.cpp
index ffa75c241..a5f164497 100644
--- a/src/rest.cpp
+++ b/src/rest.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static bool rest_block(HTTPRequest* req,
             return RESTERR(req, HTTP_NOT_FOUND, hashStr + " not found");
         }
 
-        if (fHavePruned && !(pblockindex->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) && pblockindex->nTx > 0)
+        if (IsBlockPruned(pblockindex))
             return RESTERR(req, HTTP_NOT_FOUND, hashStr + " not available (pruned data)");
 
         if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pblockindex, Params().GetConsensus()))
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 48e0e02d1..f70d506e1 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static UniValue getblockheader(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 static CBlock GetBlockChecked(const CBlockIndex* pblockindex)
 {
     CBlock block;
-    if (fHavePruned && !(pblockindex->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) && pblockindex->nTx > 0) {
+    if (IsBlockPruned(pblockindex)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Block not available (pruned data)");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index b5ab10786..04f5b6cb8 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -497,4 +497,10 @@ bool DumpMempool();
 /** Load the mempool from disk. */
 bool LoadMempool();
 
+//! Check whether the block associated with this index entry is pruned or not.
+inline bool IsBlockPruned(const CBlockIndex* pblockindex)
+{
+    return (fHavePruned && !(pblockindex->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) && pblockindex->nTx > 0);
+}
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_VALIDATION_H