diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index b2a7120c..93fe5723 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -717,8 +717,16 @@ namespace cryptonote
     size_t n_removed = 0;
     size_t tx_size_limit = get_transaction_size_limit(version);
     for (auto it = m_transactions.begin(); it != m_transactions.end(); ) {
+      bool remove = false;
       if (it->second.blob_size >= tx_size_limit) {
-        LOG_PRINT_L1("Transaction " << get_transaction_hash(it->second.tx) << " is too big (" << it->second.blob_size << " bytes), removing it from pool");
+        LOG_PRINT_L1("Transaction " << it->first << " is too big (" << it->second.blob_size << " bytes), removing it from pool");
+        remove = true;
+      }
+      else if (m_blockchain.have_tx(it->first)) {
+        LOG_PRINT_L1("Transaction " << it->first << " is in the blockchain, removing it from pool");
+        remove = true;
+      }
+      if (remove) {
         remove_transaction_keyimages(it->second.tx);
         auto sorted_it = find_tx_in_sorted_container(it->first);
         if (sorted_it == m_txs_by_fee_and_receive_time.end())