diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockTreeTests.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockTreeTests.cs
index abf91c29860..17da8cffc11 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockTreeTests.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain.Test/BlockTreeTests.cs
@@ -1827,8 +1827,9 @@ public void Find_handles_invalid_blocks(Func<BlockTree, Hash256?, BlockTreeLooku
             findFunction(blockTree, invalidBlock.Hash, lookupOptions).Should().Be(foundInvalid ? invalidBlock.Header : null);
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void On_restart_loads_already_processed_genesis_block()
+        [TestCase(true)]
+        [TestCase(false)]
+        public void On_restart_loads_already_processed_genesis_block(bool wereProcessed)
         {
             TestMemDb blocksDb = new();
             TestMemDb headersDb = new();
@@ -1897,7 +1898,7 @@ public void On_restart_loads_already_processed_genesis_block()
                 tree.SuggestBlock(genesis);
                 tree.Genesis.Should().NotBeNull();
 
-                tree.UpdateMainChain(ImmutableList.Create(genesis), true);
+                tree.UpdateMainChain(ImmutableList.Create(genesis), wereProcessed);
 
                 tree.SuggestBlock(second);
                 tree.SuggestBlock(third);
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/BlockTree.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/BlockTree.cs
index 77f26923bdd..4a7eefa42fb 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/BlockTree.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Blockchain/BlockTree.cs
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ void SetTotalDifficultyDeep(BlockHeader current)
                 {
                     current.TotalDifficulty = current.Difficulty;
                     BlockInfo blockInfo = new(current.Hash, current.Difficulty);
+                    blockInfo.WasProcessed = true;
                     UpdateOrCreateLevel(current.Number, current.Hash, blockInfo);
                 }