diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 7d201dff96..cb0b66d1b0 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ func (w *Work) commitTransactions(mux *event.TypeMux, balanceFee map[common.Addr
 				continue
 			}
 			blkNumber := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[8:40])
-			if blkNumber >= w.header.Number.Uint64() || blkNumber <= w.header.Number.Uint64()-w.config.XDPoS.Epoch*2 {
+			if blkNumber >= w.header.Number.Uint64() || blkNumber+w.config.XDPoS.Epoch*2 <= w.header.Number.Uint64() {
 				log.Trace("Data special transaction invalid number", "hash", hash, "blkNumber", blkNumber, "miner", w.header.Number)
 				continue
 			}