diff --git a/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/verifier.rs b/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/verifier.rs
index 788e200763..3ba04a60ec 100644
--- a/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/verifier.rs
+++ b/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/verifier.rs
@@ -484,7 +484,9 @@ where
         );
 
         let best_number = self.client.info().best_number;
+        // Reject block below archiving point, but only if we received it from the network
         if *block.header.number() + self.chain_constants.confirmation_depth_k().into() < best_number
+            && matches!(block.origin, BlockOrigin::NetworkBroadcast)
         {
             debug!(
                 header = ?block.header,
@@ -579,7 +581,8 @@ where
         } = checked_header;
 
         let slot = pre_digest.slot();
-        // Estimate what the "current" slot is according to sync target since we don't have other way to know it
+        // Estimate what the "current" slot is according to sync target since we don't have other
+        // way to know it
         let diff_in_blocks = self
             .sync_target_block_number
             .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
diff --git a/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/import_blocks.rs b/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/import_blocks.rs
index a6ae523307..b0502f97d8 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/import_blocks.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/import_blocks.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ where
                 import_queue_service
                     .import_blocks(BlockOrigin::NetworkInitialSync, blocks_to_import);
                 // This will notify Substrate's sync mechanism and allow regular Substrate sync to continue gracefully
-                import_queue_service.import_blocks(BlockOrigin::NetworkBroadcast, vec![last_block]);
+                import_queue_service
+                    .import_blocks(BlockOrigin::ConsensusBroadcast, vec![last_block]);
             } else {
                 import_queue_service
                     .import_blocks(BlockOrigin::NetworkInitialSync, blocks_to_import);
diff --git a/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/snap_sync.rs b/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/snap_sync.rs
index a9cfc85738..ed5866e214 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/snap_sync.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-service/src/sync_from_dsn/snap_sync.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ where
         );
 
         import_queue_service
-            .import_blocks(BlockOrigin::NetworkBroadcast, vec![last_block_to_import]);
+            .import_blocks(BlockOrigin::ConsensusBroadcast, vec![last_block_to_import]);
     }
 
     // Wait for blocks to be imported