diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8ecfabba5..8bafdfb6a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4177,22 +4177,17 @@ bool static IsCanonicalBlockSignature(const CBlock* pblock)
 
 bool ProcessNewBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, const CNode* pfrom, const CBlock* pblock, bool fForceProcessing, CDiskBlockPos* dbp, const uint256& hash)
 {
-	if (!IsCanonicalBlockSignature(pblock)) {
-	        if (pfrom && pfrom->nVersion >= CANONICAL_BLOCK_SIG_VERSION)
-	            return state.DoS(100, error("ProcessNewBlock(): bad block signature encoding"),
-	                             REJECT_INVALID, "bad-block-signature-encoding");
-	        return false;
-	}
-    // Preliminary checks
-    bool checked = CheckBlock(*pblock, state, hash);
+    if (!IsCanonicalBlockSignature(pblock)) {
+            if (pfrom && pfrom->nVersion >= CANONICAL_BLOCK_SIG_VERSION)
+                return state.DoS(100, error("ProcessNewBlock(): bad block signature encoding"),
+                                 REJECT_INVALID, "bad-block-signature-encoding");
+            return false;
+    }
 
     {
         LOCK(cs_main);
         bool fRequested = MarkBlockAsReceived(hash);
         fRequested |= fForceProcessing;
-        if (!checked) {
-            return error("%s: CheckBlock FAILED", __func__);
-        }
 
         // Store to disk
         CBlockIndex *pindex = NULL;