diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go
index 2a2e1080b0..c013b7b1e3 100644
--- a/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/blobpool.go
@@ -1965,6 +1965,10 @@ func (p *BlobPool) Add(txs []*types.Transaction, sync bool) []error {
 			errs[i] = err
 			continue
 		}
+		if err := txpool.ValidateCells(ptx.CellSidecar); err != nil {
+			errs[i] = err
+			continue
+		}
 		errs[i] = p.AddPooledTx(ptx)
 	}
 	return errs
@@ -2034,10 +2038,6 @@ func (p *BlobPool) addLocked(ptx *BlobTxForPool, checkGapped bool) (err error) {
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-	//todo: validation happens twice for eth72
-	if err := txpool.ValidateCells(ptx.CellSidecar); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	// If the address is not yet known, request exclusivity to track the account
 	// only by this subpool until all transactions are evicted
 	from, _ := types.Sender(p.signer, tx) // already validated above