diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 808c213d6..e2e993a13 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ bool ConnectBestBlock() {
             pindexNewBest = *it;
         }
 
-        if (pindexNewBest == pindexBest)
+        if (pindexNewBest == pindexBest || (pindexBest && pindexNewBest->bnChainWork == pindexBest->bnChainWork))
             return true; // nothing to do
 
         // check ancestry