diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e93091582..9cb5136ae 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1346,10 +1346,10 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState& state, const C
             LogPrint("mempool", "Rate limit dFreeCount: %g => %g\n", dFreeCount, dFreeCount+nSize);
         }
 
-        if (nAbsurdFee && nFees > maxTxFee)
+        if (nAbsurdFee && nFees > nAbsurdFee)
             return state.Invalid(false,
                 REJECT_HIGHFEE, "absurdly-high-fee",
-                strprintf("%d > %d", nFees, maxTxFee));
+                strprintf("%d > %d", nFees, nAbsurdFee));
 
         // Calculate in-mempool ancestors, up to a limit.
         CTxMemPool::setEntries setAncestors;