diff --git a/p2p/discover/table.go b/p2p/discover/table.go
index 5f9de4096a..b9c5202f24 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/table.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/table.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func (tab *Table) loadSeedNodes() {
 			age := time.Since(tab.db.LastPongReceived(seed.ID(), seed.IP()))
 			tab.log.Trace("Found seed node in database", "id", seed.ID(), "addr", seed.addr(), "age", age)
 		}
-		tab.handleAddNode(addNodeOp{node: seed, isInbound: true})
+		tab.handleAddNode(addNodeOp{node: seed, isInbound: false})
 	}
 }