diff --git a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
index 0e33923274..618e4711c2 100644
--- a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ func (pool *LegacyPool) validateTxBasics(tx *types.Transaction, local bool) erro
 		MaxSize: txMaxSize,
 		MinTip:  pool.gasTip.Load(),
 	}
-	if local {
+	if local && !pool.config.NoLocals {
 		opts.MinTip = new(big.Int)
 	}
 	if err := txpool.ValidateTransaction(tx, pool.currentHead.Load(), pool.signer, opts); err != nil {
diff --git a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool_test.go b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool_test.go
index c98f0ea69d..a3d5cb5ac1 100644
--- a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool_test.go
+++ b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool_test.go
@@ -1496,7 +1496,13 @@ func TestMinGasPriceEnforced(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Create the pool to test the pricing enforcement with
-	pool, _ := setupPoolWithConfig(eip1559Config)
+	statedb, _ := state.New(types.EmptyRootHash, state.NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()), nil)
+	blockchain := newTestBlockChain(eip1559Config, 10000000, statedb, new(event.Feed))
+
+	txPoolConfig := DefaultConfig
+	txPoolConfig.NoLocals = true
+	pool := New(txPoolConfig, blockchain)
+	pool.Init(new(big.Int).SetUint64(txPoolConfig.PriceLimit), blockchain.CurrentBlock(), makeAddressReserver())
 	defer pool.Close()
 
 	key, _ := crypto.GenerateKey()