diff --git a/src/nodes/NodeManager.ts b/src/nodes/NodeManager.ts
index 2d1fc8240..747ffe4b3 100644
--- a/src/nodes/NodeManager.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/NodeManager.ts
@@ -459,8 +459,7 @@ class NodeManager {
         // Updating the refreshBucket timer
         this.refreshBucketUpdateDeadline(bucketIndex);
         return;
-      }
-      if (blocking) {
+      } else if (blocking) {
         this.logger.debug(
           `Bucket was full and blocking was true, garbage collecting old nodes to add ${nodesUtils.encodeNodeId(
             nodeId,