diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 017e792580..9c760cb4ed 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 // Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
 // This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
 //
@@ -338,6 +337,24 @@ func (self *worker) wait() {
 			if stat == core.CanonStatTy {
 				events = append(events, core.ChainHeadEvent{Block: block})
 			}
+			if work.config.XDPoS != nil {
+				// epoch block
+				if (block.NumberU64() % work.config.XDPoS.Epoch) == 0 {
+					core.CheckpointCh <- 1
+				}
+				// prepare set of masternodes for the next epoch
+				if (block.NumberU64() % work.config.XDPoS.Epoch) == (work.config.XDPoS.Epoch - work.config.XDPoS.Gap) {
+					err := self.chain.UpdateM1()
+					if err != nil {
+						if err == core.ErrNotXDPoS {
+							log.Error("Stopping node", "err", err)
+							os.Exit(1)
+						} else {
+							log.Error("Error when update masternodes set. Keep the current masternodes set for the next epoch.", "err", err)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			self.chain.PostChainEvents(events, logs)
 
 			// Insert the block into the set of pending ones to wait for confirmations
@@ -591,24 +608,6 @@ func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 		log.Info("Commit new mining work", "number", work.Block.Number(), "txs", work.tcount, "special txs", len(specialTxs), "uncles", len(uncles), "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(tstart)))
 		self.unconfirmed.Shift(work.Block.NumberU64() - 1)
 	}
-	if work.config.XDPoS != nil {
-		// epoch block
-		if (work.Block.NumberU64() % work.config.XDPoS.Epoch) == 0 {
-			core.CheckpointCh <- 1
-		}
-		// prepare set of masternodes for the next epoch
-		if (work.Block.NumberU64() % work.config.XDPoS.Epoch) == (work.config.XDPoS.Epoch - work.config.XDPoS.Gap) {
-			err := self.chain.UpdateM1()
-			if err != nil {
-				if err == core.ErrNotXDPoS {
-					log.Error("Stopping node", "err", err)
-					os.Exit(1)
-				} else {
-					log.Error("Error when update masternodes set. Keep the current masternodes set for the next epoch.", "err", err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	self.push(work)
 }