diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
index 589d7e9b4..959a16eb9 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
@@ -1215,13 +1215,26 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> Worker<T> {
                     "peer" => %peer_id,
                     "error" => ?e
                 );
-                self.propagate_validation_result(message_id, peer_id, MessageAcceptance::Reject);
-                // We penalize the peer slightly to prevent overuse of invalids.
-                self.gossip_penalize_peer(
-                    peer_id,
-                    PeerAction::HighToleranceError,
-                    "invalid_bls_to_execution_change",
-                );
+                // We ignore pre-capella messages without penalizing peers.
+                if matches!(e, BeaconChainError::BlsToExecutionChangeBadFork(_)) {
+                    self.propagate_validation_result(
+                        message_id,
+                        peer_id,
+                        MessageAcceptance::Ignore,
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    // We penalize the peer slightly to prevent overuse of invalids.
+                    self.propagate_validation_result(
+                        message_id,
+                        peer_id,
+                        MessageAcceptance::Reject,
+                    );
+                    self.gossip_penalize_peer(
+                        peer_id,
+                        PeerAction::HighToleranceError,
+                        "invalid_bls_to_execution_change",
+                    );
+                }
                 return;
             }
         };
diff --git a/consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/signature_sets.rs b/consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/signature_sets.rs
index fa37681c7..c05d3f057 100644
--- a/consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/signature_sets.rs
+++ b/consensus/state_processing/src/per_block_processing/signature_sets.rs
@@ -161,10 +161,9 @@ pub fn bls_execution_change_signature_set<'a, T: EthSpec>(
     signed_address_change: &'a SignedBlsToExecutionChange,
     spec: &'a ChainSpec,
 ) -> Result<SignatureSet<'a>> {
-    let domain = spec.get_domain(
-        state.current_epoch(),
+    let domain = spec.compute_domain(
         Domain::BlsToExecutionChange,
-        &state.fork(),
+        spec.genesis_fork_version,
         state.genesis_validators_root(),
     );
     let message = signed_address_change.message.signing_root(domain);