diff --git a/cost-model/src/cost_tracker.rs b/cost-model/src/cost_tracker.rs
index efdd86512..9d322d009 100644
--- a/cost-model/src/cost_tracker.rs
+++ b/cost-model/src/cost_tracker.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ impl CostTracker {
             if self.vote_cost.saturating_add(cost) > self.vote_cost_limit {
                 return Err(CostTrackerError::WouldExceedVoteMaxLimit);
             }
-        } else if self.block_cost.saturating_add(cost) > self.block_cost_limit {
+        }
+
+        if self.block_cost.saturating_add(cost) > self.block_cost_limit {
             // check against the total package cost
             return Err(CostTrackerError::WouldExceedBlockMaxLimit);
         }