diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py
index 6b5d477131077..8a5f589d0fdda 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ def test_compactblock_construction(self, node, test_node, version, use_witness_a
             assert(segwit_tx_generated) # check that our test is not broken
 
         # Wait until we've seen the block announcement for the resulting tip
-        tip = int(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash(), 16)
-        assert(self.test_node.wait_for_block_announcement(tip))
+        tip = int(node.getbestblockhash(), 16)
+        assert(test_node.wait_for_block_announcement(tip))
 
         # Now mine a block, and look at the resulting compact block.
         test_node.clear_block_announcement()