diff --git a/core/tx_list.go b/core/tx_list.go
index 57abc51486..42c4e21321 100644
--- a/core/tx_list.go
+++ b/core/tx_list.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (l *txList) Add(tx *types.Transaction, priceBump uint64) (bool, *types.Tran
 		// Have to ensure that the new gas price is higher than the old gas
 		// price as well as checking the percentage threshold to ensure that
 		// this is accurate for low (Wei-level) gas price replacements
-		if old.GasPrice().Cmp(tx.GasPrice()) >= 0 || threshold.Cmp(tx.GasPrice()) > 0 {
+		if threshold.Cmp(tx.GasPrice()) >= 0 {
 			return false, nil
 		}
 	}