diff --git a/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs b/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs
index b3749ea9d..ea3a58127 100644
--- a/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs
+++ b/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ where
             .unrealized_justified_checkpoint
             .zip(parent_block.unrealized_finalized_checkpoint)
             .filter(|(parent_justified, parent_finalized)| {
-                parent_justified.epoch == block_epoch && parent_finalized.epoch + 1 >= block_epoch
+                parent_justified.epoch == block_epoch && parent_finalized.epoch + 1 == block_epoch
             });
 
         let (unrealized_justified_checkpoint, unrealized_finalized_checkpoint) = if let Some((