diff --git a/lib/net/pool.js b/lib/net/pool.js
index d37276d8..46b92240 100644
--- a/lib/net/pool.js
+++ b/lib/net/pool.js
@@ -957,8 +957,7 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlock = co(function* _handleBlock(block, peer) {
       throw err;
     }
 
-    if (err.score !== -1)
-      peer.reject(block, err.code, err.reason, err.score);
+    peer.reject(block, err.code, err.reason, err.score);
 
     if (err.reason === 'bad-prevblk') {
       if (this.options.headers) {