From d2a356e4d3a563dd80e2119c28e8791762ecc29b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:56:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for zombie invalid and penalized txs

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>
---
 .../eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactions.java  | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactions.java b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactions.java
index 21c75b364a0..a79c05e3e6e 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactions.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/transactions/layered/LayeredPendingTransactions.java
@@ -351,9 +351,7 @@ public void selectTransactions(final PendingTransactions.TransactionSelector sel
                     }
                   });
               logDiscardedTransaction(candidatePendingTx, selectionResult);
-            }
-
-            if (selectionResult.penalize()) {
+            } else if (selectionResult.penalize()) {
               ethScheduler.scheduleTxWorkerTask(
                   () -> {
                     synchronized (this) {