diff --git a/lib/indexer/indexer.js b/lib/indexer/indexer.js
index 33f45de9..6404d599 100644
--- a/lib/indexer/indexer.js
+++ b/lib/indexer/indexer.js
@@ -412,8 +412,6 @@ class Indexer extends EventEmitter {
    */
 
   async _addBlock(meta, block, view) {
-    assert(block.hasRaw(), 'Expected raw data for block.');
-
     const start = util.bench();
 
     if (meta.height !== this.height + 1)
diff --git a/lib/indexer/txindexer.js b/lib/indexer/txindexer.js
index ff8c5568..14798ace 100644
--- a/lib/indexer/txindexer.js
+++ b/lib/indexer/txindexer.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class TXIndexer extends Indexer {
    */
 
   async indexBlock(meta, block, view) {
+    assert(block.hasRaw(), 'Expected raw data for block.');
     const brecord = new BlockRecord({
       block: meta.hash,
       time: block.time